What this chamber argues

• Earth science links geology, weather, and planetary processes over time.
• It treats Earth as a dynamic system.

Primary works in this chamber (10)

• Robert FitzRoy — The Weather Book (1863) — Book
• Charles Lyell — Principles of Geology (1830–1833) — Book
• James Hutton — Theory of the Earth (1788) — Book
• Alexander von Humboldt — Cosmos (1845) — Book
• William Smith — Strata Identified by Organized Fossils (1816) — Book
• Gideon Mantell — The Wonders of Geology (1838) — Book
• John Tyndall — The Forms of Water (1872) — Book
• Louis Agassiz — Studies on Glaciers (1840) — Book
• Grove Karl Gilbert — Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains (1877) — Book
• John Wesley Powell — Exploration of the Colorado River (1875) — Book

Connected chambers

• Oceanography — Earth → oceans
• Natural History — Observation ↔ context