Stolen Genius

"The Stolen Genius – The pathologist who kept Einstein's brain in a Tupperware box" tells the bizarre true story of Thomas Harvey. When Albert Einstein died in 1955, he wanted to be cremated. But the pathologist on duty, Thomas Harvey, stole the brain during the autopsy. He believed he could find the physical source of genius.



Historian Richard Evans chronicles Harvey's strange journey. He lost his job, his marriage, and his medical license, but he kept the brain. For 40 years, he drove around America with pieces of Einstein in two mason jars in a cider box, sending slices to scientists who mostly found nothing unusual.



"The Stolen Genius" is a story about the line between scientific curiosity and grave robbery. It explores our obsession with intelligence and the tragic realization that genius cannot be found under a microscope, but only in the work left behind.