Brain of Albert Einstein

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The brain of Albert Einstein has been a subject of much research and speculation. Albert Einstein's brain was removed shortly after his death, even though he wished for it to not be removed: he wanted his ashes to be spread in secret. His apparent regularities or irregularities in the brain have been used to support various ideas about correlations in neuroanatomy with general or mathematical intelligence. Studies have suggested an increased number of glial cells in Einstein's brain.

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