Born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany to secular Jewish parents. Studied at Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich. Discovered compass at age five and geometry book at age 12
Born on Pi Day (March 14, 1879) with unusually large head. Didn't speak until age four, explaining it was "everything was in order". Disliked school system and teachers, possibly showing autism. Mastered calculus by age fifteen
Einstein's brain weighed 2.7 pounds at death. Thomas Harvey preserved brain in celloidin and sent it to scientists. Einstein's brain appeared normal size with average brain cells
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist born in Germany in 1879. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. Einstein's IQ was estimated between 160-190 based on brain research
Einstein's brain was removed within 7.5 hours of his death in 1955. Harvey weighed the brain at 1230g and preserved it in formalin. The brain was divided into 240 blocks and encased in collodion
Einstein's great-great-great-great-grandfather Jakob Weil was born in late 17th century. Albert's great-great-grandfather Löb Moses Sontheimer was grandfather of tenor Heinrich Sontheim