Einstein's brain" What do we know about Einstein's brain? We know quite a lot. He was born in 1879 in Germany. His family moved to Italy in 1894 and later he lived in Switzerland. He became a teacher of mathematics and physics in a secondary school and later became a university lecturer. He was world famous for his research. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize. This award was for his research in physics and mathematics. Because Albert Einstein was a great mathematician and scientist, other scientists wanted to study his brain. He agreed that after his death they could use his brain for research. When Einstein died in 1955 at the age of 76, scientists began to study his brain. They found that his brain was the same as other brain. In fact, its weight was less than the average male brain. However, one thing was unusual. His brain was 15% wider than normal. This area was the part of the brain responsible for mathematical thinking.(Harrison,2011:57)