ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955)
formulated theory of general relativity in 1905
“I
believe
'In all countries power lies in the hands
of ambitious power-hungry men. This is true whether the political
system is dictatorial or democratic. Power relies not only
on coercion, but on subtle persuasion
and deception through the educational system and the media of
public information. One can only hope there are enough people
the world over who possess the integrity to resist these evil
influences. What is important is that individuals have the honesty
and courage to stand up for their convictions.”
Einstein
1949
An
einsteinian home page
http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein/einstein.html
archives on-line
nobel laureates page
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html
“Oh,
they’ve got his brain sitting in a jar…could it be we’ve
gone just a little too far?”
true story of Einstein’s
brain in a jar in
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_127.html
click here
for Einstein quotes
click here
to down-load the song “Einstein’s Brain”
“Einstein’s
Brain” was the second song I recorded as The Brink, again
at Rick Chapman’s in June of 1985.
Einstein had always been one of my heroes, and I was quite
disturbed when I was reading in a science magazine one day that
scientists had asked him if they could study his brain after he
died, and he told them no.
But they somehow talked his son into giving
them the brain. It
was pretty macabre.
And it was funny that Einstein’s
brain wasn’t really any different from an ordinary brain,
not larger, not more enfolded, nothing.
All they could find was that he had more
glial cells, which are a kind of support cell
for the neurons. This
song, like “Infotoxin”, relates to the Reagan-era
nuclear madness and the push for weapons in space, as well as
to a materialistic world-view in general.
EINSTEIN’S BRAIN (song lyric)
Now, Albert
Einstein was a man of whom I like to think,
A brilliant mind, alas, but mine was
taken to the brink…
When I saw
in a magazine…just the other day
That his brain now cubed and pickled…is
safely tucked away
In the office
of some scientist in central
For this cruel gesture to have transpired is a more than
minor flaw!
CHORUS:
Oh! They’ve
got his brain sitting in a jar!
Could it be we’ve gone just
a little too far?
As the neurosurgeon screams for more…
Thus quoth
the Reagan…”Nevermore!”
From the satellites the lasers
play…
God! There’s
got to be another way!
Oh, I’d
like to hear the story…his neocortex
tells,
All they’ve learned, it seems,
is that he had a few more glial cells.
Now, I’m
no neurosurgeon but I certainly DO know,
That if you want to understand, then
use YOUR brain to grow.
The LIVING
mind is where it’s at, attuned to love and light;
Awake, my friends, we’re
near the end, you cannot flee the fight!
CHORUS
Now, Einstein’s
brain sitting in a jar
is
symbolic of a world that’s gone too far,
Towards extremes
of consumption and obsession
With matter…could you call it “material
possession?”
Oh,
his theories of relativity…
showed us we’re all really energy,
He rode in
his mind on beams of light…
if
we learn to do it then we just might
Transcend
our current global nightmare show…
We’re ALL on the human team,
you know?
…then
again from his work came the atom bomb…
oh, we can’t turn back now…but
can we last long?
JEFF PHILLIPS
1985