The Day the Universe Changed - Season 1 Episode 8 Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution

Name: The Day the Universe Changed
Genre: Documentary
Released: 21 May 1985
Rating: 8.75
Cast: James Burke

1985-05-21 55 minutes.

8.75 12 votes

Documentary

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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Mar 19, 1985

1 - 1

The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks Mar 19, 1985
1 - 2

In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason Mar 26, 1985
1 - 3

Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance Apr 02, 1985
1 - 4

A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge Apr 09, 1985
1 - 5

Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens Apr 16, 1985
1 - 6

Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution Apr 23, 1985
1 - 7

What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge Apr 30, 1985
1 - 8

Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution May 07, 1985
1 - 9

Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised May 14, 1985
1 - 10

Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality May 21, 1985

Overview

Tracks the expectation of change, fundamental to contemporary society, through the developing sciences of botany, geology, and biology to Darwin’s theory of evolution. Darwin’s theory, in turn, has been used as a justification for Nazism, communism, and cut-throat capitalism.

Year 1985

Studio BBC One

Director

Crew Richard Reisz (Producer), John Lynch (Producer), James Burke (Writer), Carl Davis (Main Title Theme Composer)

Popularity 1.5479

Language English