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Pathologist Thomas Harvey (1912 - 2007) holds the brain of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein in a jar, Kansas, 1994. Harvey performed the autopsy on Einstein in 1955, and retained parts of the brain for scientific study. (Photo by Michael Brennan/Getty Images)

Pathologist Thomas Harvey (1912 - 2007) holds the brain of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein in a jar, Kansas, 1994. Harvey performed the autopsy on Einstein in 1955, and retained parts of the brain for scientific study. (Photo by Michael Brennan/Getty Images)