Einstein
2017 · 10 episodes
Season one charts how Albert Einstein—an imaginative, rebellious patent clerk, who couldn’t get a teaching job or a doctorate—unlocked the mysteries of the atom and the universe. Based on Walter Isaacson’s critically acclaimed book “Einstein: His Life and Universe.”
Episodes
1. Chapter One
April 25, 2017 · 1h 5m
The story of Albert Einstein, seen through glimpses of his twilight years and flashbacks to his time as a student in Munich and Zürich in the 1890s.
2. Chapter Two
May 2, 2017 · 51m
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
3. Chapter Three
May 9, 2017 · 51m
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
4. Chapter Four
May 16, 2017 · 51m
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
5. Chapter Five
May 23, 2017 · 51m
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
6. Chapter Six
May 30, 2017 · 51m
Einstein moves his family for work, and to be closer to his new love, Elsa. He sets out to prove his theory as his marriage reaches a breaking point.
7. Chapter Seven
June 6, 2017 · 51m
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
8. Chapter Eight
June 13, 2017 · 51m
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
9. Chapter Nine
June 20, 2017 · 52m
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
10. Chapter Ten
June 27, 2017 · 55m
After the atomic bomb is dropped and World War II draws to a close, Einstein assumes the role of world citizen in his twilight years.