Genius

Einstein

2017 · 10 episodes · 8h 49m in all · 7.7/10

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

1. 

   1. Chapter One

   25 Apr 2017 · 65 min · 7.6/10

   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.

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   2. Chapter Two

   2 May 2017 · 51 min · 7.8/10

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

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   3. Chapter Three

   9 May 2017 · 51 min · 7.6/10

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

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   4. Chapter Four

   16 May 2017 · 51 min · 7.7/10

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

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   5. Chapter Five

   23 May 2017 · 51 min · 7.4/10

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

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   6. Chapter Six

   30 May 2017 · 51 min · 7.6/10

   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.

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   7. Chapter Seven

   6 Jun 2017 · 51 min · 6.8/10

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

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   8. Chapter Eight

   13 Jun 2017 · 51 min · 7.8/10

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

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   9. Chapter Nine

   20 Jun 2017 · 52 min · 8.3/10

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

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    10. Chapter Ten

    27 Jun 2017 · 55 min · 8.4/10

    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.