A&E Biography explores the life of modern science's first superstar, from his childhood in Germany to his early years as a young physicist to his rise to celebrity status in America. Looks at Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics, and explains why he is considered to be one of the fathers of the atomic bomb. The program reveals how Einstein's personal life suffered because of his devotion to his work as well as how he became the subject of a federal investigation.