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Origin Story

Origin Story

We all remember seeing the famous picture of Einstein's Mouse from our grade school science books.

"Einstein's Mouse" - Science is Fun, p.44 Scholastic Books © 2018

But do you know the full story behind it?

As you already know: for hundreds of years it has been the dream of all scientists (both good and bad!) to turn regular mice into superintelligent mice.

These were bad scientists (you can tell by the goatees)

Over the years, scientists had had some success with developing enlarging rays...

Yet another failed attempt at a smartening ray

...but for the most part they sat around in their laboratories, frustrated about how elusive this dream of superintelligent mice was.

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It took a genius like Einstein to come up with the idea of the Smartening Ray

Einstein developing the Smartening Ray
The Smartening Ray™ is ready for the laboratory

Einstein and his scientist friends worked day and night to perfect the Smartening Ray™.

Perfecting the Smartening Ray™
Einstein and his scientist friends worked day and night to get it right
They spent extra time with the girl mouse, the one they called Sophie

Each time, the mice they used it on got smarter and smarter.

Each time they used it the mice got smarter

And smarter...

...and smarter...

Her brothers got smart but Sophie turned into a SuperintelligentMouse

...and smarter!

The scientist friends had trouble finding problems Sophie couldn't solve

In the end, Einstein and his scientist friends succeeded where all other scientists had failed for hundreds of years: They turned regular mice into superintelligent mice.

Pictured: Bohr, Einstein, Tesla (back row) Sophie, Wylas, Jerman (front row)