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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

  • E01 Chapter One

    7.7

    Apr 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.

  • E02 Chapter Two

    7.8

    May 2, 2017 · 51m

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

  • E03 Chapter Three

    7.6

    May 9, 2017 · 51m

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

  • E04 Chapter Four

    7.7

    May 16, 2017 · 51m

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

  • E05 Chapter Five

    7.4

    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.

  • E06 Chapter Six

    7.6

    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.

  • E07 Chapter Seven

    6.8

    Jun 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.

  • E08 Chapter Eight

    7.8

    Jun 13, 2017 · 51m

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

  • E09 Chapter Nine

    8.3

    Jun 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.

  • E10 Chapter Ten

    8.4

    Jun 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.

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