Kenneth Biller
Director
Genius (2017)
Einstein
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.”
Released April 25, 2017
Episode 51 min
14+
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: EUE / Sokolow, Imagine Television, Fox 21 Television Studios, OddLot Entertainment, MWM Studios + 3 more, Warner Music Entertainment, Tumbleweed Productions, 20th Television
Network: National Geographic
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - 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.
April 25, 2017, midnight
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S1E2 - Chapter Two
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
May 2, 2017, midnight
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S1E3 - Chapter Three
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
May 9, 2017, midnight
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S1E4 - Chapter Four
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
May 16, 2017, midnight
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S1E5 - 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.
May 23, 2017, midnight
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S1E6 - 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.
May 30, 2017, midnight
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S1E7 - Chapter Seven
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
June 6, 2017, midnight
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S1E8 - Chapter Eight
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
June 13, 2017, midnight
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S1E9 - Chapter Nine
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
June 20, 2017, midnight
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S1E10 - 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.
June 27, 2017, midnight
Network: National Geographic
Episode Runtime: 51 min.
Season Runtime: 1847 min.
Released: April 25, 2017
Last Air Date: Feb. 22, 2024, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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