What this chamber argues
- Biology explains life through observation, experiment, and theory.
- Its central tensions include mechanism, variation, and inheritance.
Primary works in this chamber (9)
- Charles Darwin — On the Origin of Species (1859) — Book
- Gregor Mendel — Experiments on Plant Hybridization (1866) — Paper
- Thomas Henry Huxley — Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature (1863) — Book
- Jean-Henri Fabre — The Life of the Fly (1913 (English ed.)) — Book
- Carl Linnaeus — Systema Naturae (1735) — Book
- Alfred Russel Wallace — The Malay Archipelago (1869) — Book
- August Weismann — Essays Upon Heredity (1889) — Book
- Theodor Schwann — Microscopical Researches (1847 (English ed.)) — Book
- Ernst Haeckel — Generelle Morphologie der Organismen (1866) — Book