Albert Einstein
Pathologist Thomas Harvey took dozens of photos of Einstein's brain. This one shows that Einstein's prefrontal cortex (associated with higher cognition and memory) is unusually convoluted. On the right side of the brain there are four large ridges, where most people have only three. Brain(2012)/National Museum of Health and Medicine hide caption
A detail from what is thought to be one of only three existing manuscripts containing Einstein's most famous formula about the relationship between energy, mass and the speed of light — in his handwriting. Sean Carberry/NPR hide caption
Brilliant Idea: More Than 80,000 Of Einstein's Documents Going Online
A 2010 light installation entitled 'Speed of Light' in London. Ben Stansall /AFP/Getty Images hide caption