description: 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 men of science.
language: English
title: Asa Gray
titlecomplete: Asa Gray
characters: Asa Gray
genres: Science, Natural History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 15
awards: awardedAt: -315590400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Holiday House