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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.”

  1. 1. Chapter One

    2017-04-25 · 65m

    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. 2. Chapter Two

    2017-05-02 · 51m

    After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.

  3. 3. Chapter Three

    2017-05-09 · 51m

    Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.

  4. 4. Chapter Four

    2017-05-16 · 51m

    Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.

  5. 5. Chapter Five

    2017-05-23 · 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. 6. Chapter Six

    2017-05-30 · 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. 7. Chapter Seven

    2017-06-06 · 51m

    In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.

  8. 8. Chapter Eight

    2017-06-13 · 51m

    Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.

  9. 9. Chapter Nine

    2017-06-20 · 52m

    Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.

  10. 10. Chapter Ten

    2017-06-27 · 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.

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