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Discussion | Einstein's Last Trip: Reading and Discussion

Friday, May 27, 2022, 7:00 pm

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Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 at the hospital of Princeton. On the same day, pathologist Thomas Harvey not only performed the autopsy on the body, but also removed the famous physicist's brain, apparently to examine it. Einstein's body was cremated, the unlawfully removed brain however stayed in possession of the pathologist, who refused to give it back for the next 50 years. This bizarre, yet historically accurate story provides a base to talk about philosophical implications of modern physics which have changed our world view fundamentally. Franzobel's novel plot evolves: The brain begins to talk to Harvey, making him decide to free Einstein's unredeemed soul. A fifty-year-long road trip begins, leading Harvey and the brain to a Jewish ghost exorcism, a psychologist and to Woodstock, a protest rally of a civil rights movement, they experience the moon landing and visit an Indian Guru. Harvey tries to excite the brain for different religions - with mediocre success. Orthodox Jews take it for a Dibbuk, Christians want an exorcism and for an Indian cult it is reason for a collective suicide.

This is an evening of reading and discussion with Franzobel on May 27. The audience will get a sneak-peek into the author Franzobel's not-yet published manuscript "Einsteins letzte Reise" ("Einstein's last trip"), translated to English by Ross Benjamin.

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