@article{923512,
      author = {Restivo, Sal P.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/923512},
      title = {Einstein's Brain : Genius, Culture, and Social Networks.},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan UK,},
      abstract = {What an intriguing achievement! In a provocative and at  times chucklesome discussion across six chapters, Restivo  encourages us to rethink the individualized sources and  attributed value of being an intellectual pioneer. An  altogether imaginative argument and enjoyable read. Jaber.  F. Gubrium, Professor of Public Health, College of Nursing,  University of Massachusetts and Professor Emeritus,  University of Missouri, USA From a decidedly sociological  perspective, Restivo argues that the self is dependent on a  persons social contexts, so much so that the very existence  of an individual self is in question. His newest work is a  bold re-imagining of the nature of the self, an important  antidote to the long-lived but incomplete conception of  genius as localized within a gifted individuals brain.  David. S. Moore, Professor of Psychology, Pitzer College  and Claremont Graduate University, USA, and author of The  Dependent Gene: The Fallacy of Nature vs. Nurture (2002);  and The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral  Epigenetics (2015). This book reviews the research on  Einsteins brain from a sociological perspective and in the  context of the social brain paradigm. Instead of Einstein,  the genius of geniuses standing on the shoulders of giants,  Restivo proposes a concept of Einstein the social being  standing on the shoulders of social networks. Rather than  challenging Einsteins uniqueness or the uniqueness of his  achievements, the book grounds Einstein and his  achievements in a social ecology opposed to the myths of  the I, individualism, and the very idea of genius. Einstein  is defined by the particular configuration of social  networks that he engaged as his life unfolded, not by  biological inheritances.},
      recid = {923512},
      pages = {1 online resource (169 pages)},
      address = {Cham :},
      year = {2020},
}