{"product_id":"driving-mr-albert-a-trip-across-america-with-einsteins-brain-paperback","title":"Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Paterniti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Einstein's brain floats in a Tupperware bowl in a gray duffel bag in the trunk of a Buick Skylark barreling across America. Driving the car is journalist Michael Paterniti. Sitting next to him is an eighty-four-year-old pathologist named Thomas Harvey, who performed the autopsy on Einstein in 1955 -- then simply removed the brain and took it home. And kept it for over forty years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a cold February day, the two men and the brain leave New Jersey and light out on I-70 for sunny California, where Einstein's perplexed granddaughter, Evelyn, awaits. And riding along as the imaginary fourth passenger is Einstein himself, an id-driven genius, the original galactic slacker with his head in the stars. Part travelogue, part memoir, part history, part biography, and part meditation, \u003cb\u003eDriving Mr. Albert\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most unique road trips in modern literature.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Einstein's brain floats in a Tupperware bowl in a gray duffel bag in the trunk of a Buick Skylark barreling across America. Driving the car is journalist Michael Paterniti. Sitting next to him is an eighty-four-year-old pathologist named Thomas Harvey, who performed the autopsy on Einstein in 1955 -- then simply removed the brain and took it home. And kept it for over forty years. \u003cbr\u003eOn a cold February day, the two men and the brain leave New Jersey and light out on I-70 for sunny California, where Einstein's perplexed granddaughter, Evelyn, awaits. And riding along as the imaginary fourth passenger is Einstein himself, an id-driven genius, the original galactic slacker with his head in the stars. Part travelogue, part memoir, part history, part biography, and part meditation, Driving Mr. Albert is one of the most unique road trips in modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Paterniti won the 1998 National Magazine Award for his article \"Driving Mr. Albert,\" which was first published in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e A former executive editor of \u003ci\u003eOutside, \u003c\/i\u003e his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Details, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire, \u003c\/i\u003e where he is writer-at-large. He lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44794808008806,"sku":"9780385333030","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/hb1EkI0xMe9780385333030.webp?v=1771145549","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/driving-mr-albert-a-trip-across-america-with-einsteins-brain-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}