Albert Einstein in Popular Culture - Handedness

Handedness

There is a persistent popular belief that Einstein was left-handed, but evidence for this is lacking, and the belief in his left-handedness has been called a "myth" and a "legend." Einstein wrote with his right hand, and authoritative sources state flatly that he was right-handed. An autopsy on Einstein's brain showed a symmetry between the two hemispheres, rather than a left-sided dominance as is typical of most right-handed people or a right-sided dominance as found in most left-handed people.

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