Bücher von Asa Gray

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CONTENTSPreface Synopsis of the OrdersAnalytical Key to the OrdersExplanation of Abbreviations of Authors' NamesExplanation of SignsFloraPhaenogamous or Flowering PlantsDicotyledonous or Exogenous PlantsAngiospermous, PolypetalousGamopetalousApetalousGymnospermous PlantsMonocotyledonous or Endogenous PlantsCryptogamous or Flowerless PlantsVascular Acrogens, or PteridophytesCellular Acrogens, or Bryophytes (Hepaticae)Additions and CorrectionsTable of OrdersGlossaryIndexPlates, with ExplanationsThis is a reprint of the Sixth Edition.

Darwiniana is a collection of critical essays on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution that were originally published in scientific journals by his friend and correspondent Asa Gray, Professor of Botany at Harvard. Gray was one of Darwin's strongest supporters in the American scientific community; he was also a Presbyterian and discussed questions of natural theology, design and teleology, including an earlier version of Chapter 3 of this book, with Darwin by letter over several years. Darwiniana (1876) was intended to provide a balanced assessment of Darwin's theory of evolution and to familiarise readers with the different aspects of Darwinism and its implications. The opening essays of the volume focus on the scientific and philosophical features of the theory, others analyse the reactions of Darwin's contemporaries and, most famously, argue for a reconciliation of religion and science in the light of Darwin's theory.

The botanist Asa Gray (1810-88) was important in unifying taxonomic knowledge of North American flora. The first volume of this 1889 two-volume selection edited by Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927) includes Gray's reviews of important scientific publications, illuminating the development of botanical literature over a period of fifty-three years.