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.”
Episode 1
Chapter One
Apr 25, 2017
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.
Episode 2
Chapter Two
May 2, 2017
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
Episode 3
Chapter Three
May 9, 2017
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
Episode 4
Chapter Four
May 16, 2017
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Episode 5
Chapter Five
May 23, 2017
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
Episode 6
Chapter Six
May 30, 2017
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.
Episode 7
Chapter Seven
Jun 6, 2017
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
Episode 8
Chapter Eight
Jun 13, 2017
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
Episode 9
Chapter Nine
Jun 20, 2017
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
Episode 10
Chapter Ten
Jun 27, 2017
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.