ASA Gray: American Botanist, Friend of Darwin

By A. Hunter Dupree

Book Overview

The leading American botanist of the nineteenth century, Asa Gray helped organize the main generalizations of the science of plant geography. The manual of botany that carries his name is still in use today. Friend and confidant of Charles Darwin, Gray became the most persistent and effective American protagonist of Darwin's views. Yet at the same time, he believed that religion and Darwin's theory of natural selection could coexist. A. Hunter Dupree's authoritative biography offers the first full-length interpretation of one of America's most important scientists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801837413
• ISBN13: 9780801837418
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher