The brain that revolutionized physics now can be downloaded as an app for US$9.99 (NT$290). While Albert Einstein’s genius isn’t included, an exclusive iPad application launched Tuesday promises to make detailed images of his brain more _16_ to scientists than ever before. Teachers, students and anyone who’s curious also can get a look.
A medical museum under development in Chicago obtained funding to scan and digitize nearly 350 fragile and priceless slides made from slices of Einstein’s brain after his death in 1955. The application will _17_ researchers and novices to peer the eccentric Nobel winner’s brain as if they were looking through a microscope. After Einstein died, a pathologist named Thomas Harvey performed an autopsy, removing the great man’s brain _18_ future researchers could discover the secrets behind his genius.
Harvey gave samples to researchers and collaborated on a 1999 study _19_ in the Lancet. That study showed that a region of Einstein’s brain — the parietal lobe — was 15 percent wider than normal. The parietal lobe is important to the _20_ of math, language and spatial relationships. The new iPad app may allow researchers to dig even deeper by looking for brain regions where the neurons are more densely connected than normal. 【題組】16 (A)competitive (B)accessible (C)obscure (D)ultimate
While Albert Einstein’s genius isn’t included, an exclusive iPad application launched Tuesday promises to make detailed images of his brain more accessible to scientists than ever before.
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