Einstein
(2017)
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.”
Cast
as Albert Einstein
as Albert Einstein
as Mileva Marić
as Elsa Einstein
as Max Planck
as Fritz Haber
as Philipp Lenard
Episodes
Chapter One 7.5
April 25, 2017
The story of Albert Einstein, seen through glimpses of his twilight years and flashbacks to his time as a student in Mu…
Chapter Two 7.5
May 2, 2017
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
Chapter Three 7.2
May 9, 2017
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
Chapter Four 7.3
May 16, 2017
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Chapter Five 7.0
May 23, 2017
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is rein…
Chapter Six 6.9
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 marr…
Chapter Seven 7.1
June 6, 2017
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against…
Chapter Eight 7.8
June 13, 2017
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
Chapter Nine 8.0
June 20, 2017
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former col…
Chapter Ten 8.6
June 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 t…