Einstein

10 episodes · 25th April 2017

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

Episode 1

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.

Episode 2

Chapter Two

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

Episode 3

Chapter Three

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

Episode 4

Chapter Four

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

Episode 5

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.

Episode 6

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.

Episode 7

Chapter Seven

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

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

Episode 9

Chapter Nine

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

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.