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Einstein's brain

On November 25th, 1915, Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity, which was published on December 2nd. To mark these dates, we are highlighting stories from The Economist's archive showing how the theory, and the man behind it, were received. Here, we meet someone obsessed with that man.

THE Japanese find nothing odd with obsessions, be they for autumn leaves in Kyoto or Mont Blanc pens. So it is not surprising to learn of the passion of Kenji Sugimoto, a professor of mathematics and history of science at Kinki University, in Higashi-Osaka. All his adult life he has amassed a collection of Albert Einstein memorabilia and now plans a museum for it. The centrepiece will be what Mr Sugimoto believes is a piece of Einstein's brain, which he tracked down last year. On April 1st. Mr Sugimoto's quest will be featured on "Arena", a BBC arts programme.

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