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...history's fool. The Hitler he intended to re-create is not a tragic hero but a monumental bore. Gaseous generalizations and crackpot theories pour forth Like beer at an Oktoberfest. He thrills to something called the Odic force, "power rays" that flow from healthy bodies. He invokes Einstein's mathematics to justify his own mystical yearnings and "inner vibrations." He attempts to cross socialism with Darwin. He sees Jews as both "economic liberalists" and the organizers of the Soviet Comintern. Then, without a hint of irony or self-doubt, he projects his own faults on intellectuals: "seldom more than...
...Metaphorically, both women "die of intimate exposure," to quote a character in Insignificance known only as the Actress (Theresa Russell) but plainly meant to represent Monroe. The other three main characters find real-life correlatives just as easily. Indeed, the plot could be synopsized as follows: What if Albert Einstein (Michael Emil) were threatened in his hotel room by Senator Joe McCarthy (Tony Curtis), then visited by Marilyn Monroe, who explains the theory of relativity to its creator, then interrupted by Joe DiMaggio (Gary Busey), who wants a divorce or maybe just a little attention...
After all, for decades scientists and others have been ransacking the brain for the soul of an equally mysterious power: genius. Perhaps the most famous case is Einstein. Slices of his brain were recently pored over by a pair of California neuroscientists. More revealing of the bizarre possibilities of this kind of scientific quest is the case of Lenin. In 1925 the Soviets, applying a socialist definition of genius, entrusted his brain to a German neurologist, Oskar Vogt. The idea, explains Psychiatrist Walter Reich, was "to establish an institute in Moscow entirely devoted to the purpose of discovering the 'materialist...
...typical kidnaper, in fact, is one of the child's parents. Says Harvey Greenberg, associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City: "Most kids are abducted by one of the parents who is unhappy about the divorce settlement." Increased awareness of the dangers children face, not just from kidnaping but from sexual exploitation as well, is, of course, well worth teaching, if done wisely. "But you do this," says Greenberg, "without scaring a child out of its wits...
Hulit fitted Einstein with black dress shoes that were comfortable. The pleased professor thanked Hulit profusely, signed his name to his shoe drawings and gave the paper to Hulit. The paper still hangs in Hulit's home. Being a proper Princetonian, Hulit gave Einstein shoes that were appropriate for a public appearance. "The man had never had a pair of black shoes in his life," recalls Hulit. "But I knew he was due to appear at an event in New York City pretty soon. I wasn't going to let him go in brown shoes or sneakers. Even...