Editing 1932 in science (section)

==Biology==
* English [[geneticist]] [[C. D. Darlington]] publishes ''Recent Advances in Cytology'', describing the mechanics of [[chromosomal crossover]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Benirschke|first1=K.|title=The Man Who Invented the Chromosome: A Life of Cyril Darlington|doi=10.1093/jhered/esh080|journal=[[Journal of Heredity]]|volume=95|issue=6|pages=541–542|year=2004|doi-access=free}}</ref> and its role in [[evolution]]ary science.
* English geneticist [[J. B. S. Haldane]] publishes ''The Causes of Evolution'', unifying the findings of Mendelian [[genetics]] with those of evolutionary science.
* American [[physiologist]] [[Walter Bradford Cannon]] publishes ''The Wisdom of the Body'', developing and popularising the concept of [[homeostasis]].
* A flock of [[Soay sheep]] is translocated from [[Soay, St Kilda|Soay]] to [[Hirta]] (also in the depopulated [[archipelago]] of [[St Kilda, Scotland]]) by conservationist [[John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute]].
* The [[heath hen]] becomes extinct in North America.