Einstein

Einstein

2017-04-25
10 Episodes

Overview

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

Chapter One

1. Chapter One

2017-04-25

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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.

Chapter Two

2. Chapter Two

2017-05-02

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

Chapter Three

3. Chapter Three

2017-05-09

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

Chapter Four

4. Chapter Four

2017-05-16

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

Chapter Five

5. Chapter Five

2017-05-23

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Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.

Chapter Six

6. Chapter Six

2017-05-30

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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.

Chapter Seven

7. Chapter Seven

2017-06-06

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

Chapter Eight

8. Chapter Eight

2017-06-13

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

Chapter Nine

9. Chapter Nine

2017-06-20

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

Chapter Ten

10. Chapter Ten

2017-06-27

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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.