Einstein's Brain was Different:

We all know that Einstein was a genius. So much so that his brain would work with more than a thousand scientists. Things that we never thought of let alone understand Einstein worked on those things and made it easy for the whole world. Albert Einstein was a physicist who published the theory of special relativity, E=mc², and formulated the photoelectric laws and left the world surprised. And therefore he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Seeing his extraordinary thinking and understanding of power people believe that Einstein had an extraordinary brain that was quite different from an ordinary human. Einstein too knew this and therefore he didn't want his body to be researched after his demise. Rather he had instructed his body to be cremated. But the same happened which Einstein was afraid of. On 13 April 1955, when Einstein died in Princeton Hospital. The doctor came to perform the autopsy and stole Einstein's brain secretly.

Because he was curious to know what's there inside the brain of this genius. Once again welcome to the Zem TV video. The doctor who stole Einstein's brain was Dr. Thomas Harvey, who was more interested in studying this brain than facing the consequences. When the Princeton Hospital came to know about this incident, they fired him. But Dr. Harvey was successful in pursuing Hans Albert to give him permission to research his father's brain and let the world know about it. From that day, a long journey started for that brain.

Dr. Harvey was a pathologist who knew only about post-mortem. And that's why he believed that he would be able to research this genius's brain. But the situation was that Dr. Harvey lost his job at Princeton Hospital, and also the designation of a pathologist. Dr. Harvey took Einstein's brain to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Where he took a lot of photos of the brain and cut them into 240 small pieces. And preserving every piece in separate jars, he hid all of them in his basement. Because of this, he had arguments with his wife. As his wife used to threaten him that she will throw his brain outside. The arguments eventually lead to divorce. And Dr. Harvey went to Wichita, Kansas with the brain, where he started working as a medical supervisor. And here in his free time, he tried to study Einstein's brain.

After that, he frequently switched jobs and move to different cities with the brain. Even after many years, Dr. Harvey couldn't do any solid research on Einstein's brain. Instead, his medical license was canceled. And the situation was so bad for him that he had to start working in a plastics factory. At the time he made a good decision, to send different pieces of the brain to the best neurologist in the world for detailed research. And he did that. 30 years after the brain was stolen first time in 1985 a study was published on Einstein's brain. For the next 28 years, many neurologists published several studies on this genius's brain. It was found that Einstein's brain was quite different from the ordinary human brain.

The biggest difference was found in the Corpus callosum part. Now it is important to know that the human brain is divided into two parts. Whatever work a human does, is processed in one part and then the brain sends signals to that part of the body. The left brain controls the right portion of the body whereas the right brain controls the left portion of the body. And for 90% of humans left brain is responsible for speech, understanding, mathematical calculations, and writing. Whereas the right brain is responsible for creativity, understanding of shapes, art, and music.

Now you must be thinking then what is the work of Corpus callosum? Imagine you are typing on the keyboard or mobile phone and while doing this both your hands are busy typing. The left hand is typing some alphabets, and the right hand is also doing the same. During typing, your left hand made a mistake and you quickly used your right hand to erase that mistake. That means that when your right brain committed a mistake, it rectified the mistake by signaling the left brain. The link through which both halves of the brain are connected is called Corpus callosum. And Einstein's Corpus callosum was larger than ordinary humans. That means his left brain and the right brain had a strong connection.

Because of this Einstein could imagine complex problems and situations. Apart from the difference in Corpus callosum, Einstein's brain's pattern was also quite different from others. And researchers believe that it was the reason for good neuron flow. A good flow of neurons means that he had great power for mathematical calculations. Albert Einstein had the power of solving complex mathematical problems in his head without using pen and paper.

According to a research paper, another reason for having a high number of neurons was that when Einstein's brain was weighed it was 1230gm. Whereas it is 1400gm for normal human beings. Researchers believe that his brain's lining was quite thin because of which it contains more neurons. But the biggest question was if Einstein was born with such a special brain or if there were changes afterward? After research, it was found that when Einstein was born, he started speaking after the age of 5. Whereas other children start speaking at the age of 2 or 3.

Even after he started speaking, he didn't like to speak much and remained lost in his own thoughts. He had less memorizing power. And not only that, he finds it difficult to memorize the simple multiplication table. He was a master in processing maths and numbers in logical ways rather than memorizing them. In his school life, although he failed in other subjects he excelled in mathematics and science. When Albert Einstein was 12 years old, a family teacher left his geometry book in Einstein's house.

Surprisingly, Einstein read that book in one day and cleared his geometric concepts. Not only that he became a master of integral and differential calculus at the age of 14. His grip on maths and science was so strong that professors used to become nervous when he used to raise his hands for asking questions because often Einstein's questions were difficult for even teachers to understand. From a very young age, he wanted to encapsulate the laws of the universe in a small equation. and this became his life's mission. At the age of 26, Einstein published four research papers and made the world surprised. And therefore he was given a PHD. degree and awarded Nobel Prize for playing an outstanding role in humanity. Without Einstein's thesis, science is incomplete.

Many doctors and scientists came to the conclusion that Einstein's brain became special after his birth. The biggest reason behind it was when he couldn't find an answer to his questions he tried to find answers with the help of his brain. Doing so, from a young age, specially developed his brain. Today Einstein's brain is kept in America's Mutter Museum. Which are preserved with great care in microscopic slides.

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