Albert Einstein
1. There's Something About Einstein 2. Einstein's Brain 3.
Brainwash 4. Driving Mr. Albert 5. IQ 6. From E=MC2 To The
X-Files 7. Albert Einstein Institution 8. Young Einstein
1. There's Something About Einstein
Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the brother writing-directing duo
responsible for the comedy hits, "There's Something About Mary"
and "Dumb and Dumber" are fans of the mad genius just like
everybody else. To dazzle the crowds, Bobby Farrelly has taught
his three-year-old son a few tricks to flaunt his own future
genius. He's taught him 10 answers to some very advanced
questions for a tot of his age, one of which is, "Who came up
with the theory for E=MC2?" Playing the crowd with contemplation
on his face, his son toes the ground with his sneaker and
finally and timely answers, "Albert Einstein". Now that is
genius.
2. Einstein's Brain
By chance a man named Thomas Harvey performed the autopsy on
Einstein in 1955 shortly after the genius passed away. He wasn't
scheduled to do so, the guy that was, wasn't able to make it.
So, Mr. Harvey got the honors of handling Albert's most private
matters, including his priceless grey matter. Without proper
permission to do so, although Thomas attests to being given the
nod of okay from an Einstein relative, Mr. Harvey pulled a
modern day Robin Hood and snatched the scientist's brain. For
decades he kept it in a secret location, dishing out pieces of
it to researchers around the world. Mr. Harvey meant well, he
intended to do elaborate research on the brain himself and have
the findings published, but ultimately that endeavor never came
to fruition.
3. Brainwash
The brain had seen better days, transformed from the greatest
mind of a modern time to chicken-colored chunks floating in a
smelly, yellow, formaldehyde broth, diced into varying bits and
encased in Tupperware. A great deal of the time, the brain was
hidden in a cookie jar at Mr. Harvey's girlfriend's house. Then
one day, willing to make amends with the Einstein family, Mr.
Harvey decided to return the long lost brain to Einstein's
granddaughter, Evelyn in San Francisco.
4. Driving Mr. Albert
Enter journalist Paterniti hailing from Portland, Maine. Having
written an article on Mr. Harvey and the missing brain,
Paterniti's friendship with Harvey grew to the point where he
was willing to drive Harvey and the brain from New Jersey to
California, after all, it's not the destination, but the journey
that counts. The unlikely trio - a freelance writer, an elderly
pathologist and the Albert Einstein sans life and limb -
traversed America in a borrowed Buick Skylark. Stopping here and
there, visiting old friends of the two living members of the
convoy. From an adobe ranch house south of Santa Fe, New Mexico
to stay with old friends of Paterniti to the most unusual detour
of the journey, to see William S. Burrough's in Lawrence,
Kansas. As it turned out, Mr. Harvey and Mr. Burrough's knew one
another and so, Einstein's brain had dinner with the author of
"Naked Lunch".
5. IQ
The genius of Einstein was not only in his scientific theories,
but also in his willingness for extreme self-promotion. Much of
his early fame can be attributed to the fact that he went on a
whirlwind world tour to promote his discoveries, dining with the
rich and famous and powerful the world over. Gaining global
headlines and firmly establishing the scientist as a superstar.
Today, scientists like Brian Greene and Michio Kaku can only
dream of such fanfare surrounding their groundbreaking work in
search of the elusive Unifying Theory which Einstein himself
spent his final days contemplating, to no avail.
6. From E=MC2 To The X-Files
Many actors have portrayed the wiry-haired genius on the silver
screen. Most notably was Walter Matthau's witty turn as the mad
scientist in the 1994 romantic comedy, "IQ". Australian
comedian, Yahoo Serious took a hare-brained stab at in the
farcical, "Young Einstein" in 1988. Even Robert Downey Jr. has
portrayed him in the 1990 film, "That's Adequate". We here at
T-Shirt King have voted and would enjoy seeing David Duchovny
portray Mr. Einstein during his earlier years. Go figure.
7. Albert Einstein Institution
Having developed the means that led to creation of the world's
most destructive weapon, The Albert Einstein Institution has
been striving for new ways of nonviolent conflict resolution,
just like Mr. Einstein himself endeavored to do while he was
alive. The institution is committed to defending democratic
freedoms and institutions - opposing oppression, dictatorship
and genocide - reducing reliance on violence as an instrument of
policy. For our sakes, it's too bad Mr. Einstein isn't still
around these days.
8. Young Einstein
Einstein's popularity is legendary, you would be hard pressed to
find anyone on the planet that had not heard of him. His very
name is equated with genius. Despite his amazing feats later in
his life, young Einstein didn't fair so well in the eyes of
those around him. He was a horrible student, which he attributes
to boredom, his teachers attribute it to an abrasive ego. His
parents had concerns for him as well, because he couldn't speak
fluently until his ninth birthday, leading his parents to
suspect that he might be mentally challenged. Yeesh, what's a
genius to do?
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