she did in 1982. Hans Albert received only $10,000; he died while a visiting lecturer in Woods Hole, Mass., in 1973, survived by a son and daughter. Einstein’s other son, Eduard, received $15,000 to assure his continued care at the Zurich asylum, where he died in 1965. His stepdaughter Margot got $20,000 and the Mercer Street house, which was actually already in her name, and she died there in 1986. Dukas and Otto Nathan were made literary executors, and they guarded his reputation and papers so zealously that biographers and the editors of his collected papers would for years be stymied when they attempted to print anything verging on the merely personal.
2
. “Einstein the Revolutionist,”
, Apr. 19, 1955;
, May 2,
1955. The lead story in the extra edition of
was written by R. W. “Johnny” Apple, a future
correspondent.
3
. The weird tale has produced two fascinating books: Carolyn Abraham’s
, a comprehensive account of the odyssey of Einstein’s brain, and Michael Paterniti’s
, a delightful narrative of a ride across America with Einstein’s brain in the trunk of a rented Buick. There have also been some memorable articles, including Steven Levy’s “My Search for Einstein’s Brain,”
, August 1978; Gina Maranto’s “The Bizarre Fate of Einstein’s Brain,”
, May 1985; Scott McCartney, “The Hidden Secrets of Einstein’s Brain Are Still a Mystery,”
, May 5, 1994. In addition, Einstein’s ophthalmologist Henry Abrams happened to wander into the autopsy room, and he ended up taking with him his former patient’s eyeballs, which he subsequently kept in a New Jersey safe deposit box.
4
. Abraham, 22. Abraham interviewed the grown girl in 2000.
5
. “Son Asked Study of Einstein’s Brain,”
, Apr. 20, 1955; Abraham, 75. Harvey had indicated that he was going to send the brain to Montefiore Medical Center in New York to oversee the studies. But as doctors there waited in anticipation, he changed his mind and decided to keep it to himself. The dispute made headlines. “Doctors Row over Brain of Dr. Einstein,” reported the
. Abraham, 83, citing
, Apr. 20, 1955.
6
. Levy 1978. See also www.echonyc.com/~steven/einstein.html.
7
. See Abraham, 214–230, for an account of this issue.
8
. Bill Toland, “Doctor Kept Einstein’s Brain in Jar 43 Years: Seven Years Ago, He Got ‘Tired of the Responsibility,’ ”
, Apr. 17, 2005.
9
. Marian Diamond, “On the Brain of a Scientist,”
