Darwiniana - Softcover
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Darwiniana is a collection of articles originally published in journals by Darwin's friend and correspondent Asa Gray, Professor of Botany at Harvard in the mid-nineteenth century. It provides valuable insights into the American reception of Darwin's theory of evolution, and the scientific, philosophical and religious questions that it raised.
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- PublisherEcho Library
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1406833517
- ISBN 13 9781406833515
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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