Biology : $b A lecture delivered at Columbia University in the series on Science, Philosophy and Art November 20, 1907

"Biology: A lecture delivered at Columbia University in the series on Science, Philosophy and Art" by Edmund Beecher Wilson is an early 20th-century lecture that introduces biology as a field that studies both the form and function of living things. It highlights how important it is to look at life through two different lenses, structure and function, while also keeping evolutionary history in mind. The lecture grapples with big philosophical questions about how life works, especially considering that life's complexity comes from physical processes, like the laws of heredity, but there are still many things that are not fully understood, like how some animals regrow limbs. The central theme is the constant search for knowledge and discovery in biology, driven by ongoing questions and research.