Butterfly Effect — Season 1, Episode 5: Darwin discovering the world

Episode synopsis

Picture the last two hundred years without the publication of Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" -- how might the scientific conversation have developed? What were the influences in Victorian England during Darwin's youth and how tenuous was his opportunity for sailing on the Beagle's voyage?

About Butterfly Effect

Our History is no more than a series of incredible events. From the birth of a thousand-year-old empire to the death of a flourishing civilization, from the creative genius of a handful of men to a worldwide cultural revolution, the most infinitesimal of our decisions can influence the future of humanity. Every episode guides us to revisit a key event, a crossroads in our History where the world swings one way or the other. With spectacular reconstructions created by 3D modeling specialists, every story is told in sequences, which gives new perspective for today.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Bouvines, France in danger
• E2Genghis Khan: The Empire of the Steppes
• E3Alexander Becomes Great
• E4Sekigahara, the battle of Samurai
• E6Chernobyl, a reactor out of control
• E7A bus for Martin Luther King
• E8Confucius and Chinese thought
• E9Andrinople, Rome vs Barbarians
• E10Einstein and the Manhattan Project
• E11Rock, freedom and decibels
• E12Space Conquest, a little trip to the moon
• E13The Internet, the origins of the web