Whether Einstein's brain was removed and preserved after his death in 1955 with his permission is a matter of dispute. Ronald Clark's 1979 biography of Einstein said that "he had insisted that his brain should be used for research and that he be cremated", but more recent research has suggested that this may not be true at all, and that the brain was removed and preserved with neither Einstein's prior permission nor the permission of his close relatives (Einstein, Walter Isaacson). Hans Albert Einstein, the physicist’s son, agreed to the removal after the event but insisted that his father’s brain should be used only for research to be published in scientific journals of high standing.[2]
In 1978, Einstein's brain was rediscovered in the possession of Dr. Harvey by journalist Steven Levy.[7] The brain sections had been preserved in alcohol in 2 large mason jars within a cider box for over 20 years.
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