A review by judyward
Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain by Michael Paterniti

3.0

How do you not check out a book about a road trip across the country in a Buick Skylark with Albert Einstein's brain in a Tupperware container as a passenger? I was hooked after reading a description of the book and I'm glad that I threw it into the pile that I hauled to the checkout desk. This is the situation in which Michael Paterniti, a journalist, found himself. It seems that Thomas Harvey, a pathologist who was 84 years old at the time of the cross-country odyssey, performed the autopsy on Albert Einstein after his death in 1955 and Harvey took Einstein's brain home with him after the procedure was completed. Now it's time to drive the brain to California to deliver it to Einstein's granddaughter. It's quite the journey that mixes history and an amazing travelogue. I'm so glad that they didn't decided to simply let the brain fly coach.