Chapter One
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.
2017-04-25 65m★ 7.6Now playing
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10 episodes in this season
Chapter Two
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
2017-05-02 51m★ 7.8
Chapter Three
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
2017-05-09 51m★ 7.6
Chapter Four
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
2017-05-16 51m★ 7.7
Chapter Five
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
2017-05-23 51m★ 7.4
Chapter Six
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.
2017-05-30 51m★ 7.6
Chapter Seven
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
2017-06-06 51m★ 6.8
Chapter Eight
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
2017-06-13 51m★ 7.8
Chapter Nine
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
2017-06-20 52m★ 8.3
Chapter Ten
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.
2017-06-27 55m★ 8.4About season 1
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.”
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