Genius 1
2017-04-25 | Drama | 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.”
4 Seasons
Episode
Chapter One (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.
Chapter Two (2017)
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
Chapter Three (2017)
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
Chapter Four (2017)
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
Chapter Five (2017)
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.