Albert Einstein’s eyes were stolen after his death and hidden in a New York safe-deposit box |

No one has seen the eyes since, and their location remains unknown, undocumented, and unverified/Image: Youtube Albert Einstein took deliberate steps to control what would happen to his body after death. He asked that it be cremated, and that his ashes be scattered in secret, to avoid shrines, relics or spectacle. He was explicit about […]

Albert Einstein’s brain was stolen by a doctor and carried around for 40 years |

Thomas Stoltz Harvey pictured in 1994 holding part of Einstein’s brain which he’d kept with him for decades (Michael Brennan/Getty Images) Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76. His death marked the end of one of the most influential scientific lives in history. It also marked the beginning of a long, unsettled afterlife […]