Dissertation

The Gulf Between Design and Descent: Asa Gray and Charles Darwin Debate the Implications of Darwin’s Theory of Descent for the Traditional Design Argument, 1853-1868.  Please cite the original dissertation title in any scholarly reference.

This was originally published as:

SHRINKING FROM THE BRINK: ASA GRAY AND THE
CHALLENGE OF DARWINISM, 1853-1868.

A Dissertation Submitted
to Kent State University in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy

by Kenneth W. Hermann

December 1999