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10 of Fiction's Biggest Brains

Submitted by LiveScience Staff

posted: 15 September 2009 09:47 am ET

In the real world, big-brained people can do good (Einstein) or bad (Madoff).

In fiction, you can toss limits out the window and give characters as big a brain as you wish. For some that means outsized, visible noggins that, well, stretch the imagination. More down-to-Earth characters, like Tony Stark or that famous detective (hint, hint) have brains that, if you think about it, stretch credulity right to the suspend-your-disbelief limit.

And as in life, fictional characters use their big brains for good or evil, as Newsarama explains in this engaging list ... 

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