Darwin's American Champion

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Hours:	12 p.m.
Ages:	Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Lectures/Discussions

Asa Gray, Louis Agassiz, and the Debate over Evolution. Following Darwin's breakthrough on the theory of evolution in 1859, two of Harvard's leading men of science squared off. Biologist Louis Agassiz rejected evolution, keeping to his theory of multiple divine creations, while botanist Asa Gray, whose bicentennial is today, became Darwin's chief champion in America.

Robin Hazard Ray and Jim Gorman will discuss the history of this conflict, and Gray's research on the plants of eastern Asia that conflicted him of Darwin's theories.

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580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: (617) 607-1982

From Boston via Storrow Drive
Take Storrow Drive West past Harvard Square exit. Take next exit marked Arlington, Fresh Pond Parkway. Bear right over Charles River on Eliot Bridge following signs for Arlington, Fresh Pond Parkway. Get in left lane at traffic lights in front of Mount Auburn Hospital, following signs for Route 16 West, Watertown. At next traffic light bear left onto Mt. Auburn St. and go .3 mile to Entrance Gate on left.

By MBTA (Public Transportation)
At Harvard Square Station (Red Line), take either the Watertown Square or Waverley Square trolley (#71 or #73). Get off on Mount Auburn Street at Aberdeen Avenue. Cross Mount Auburn Street to the Entrance Gate. (Check schedules on the MBTA website.)