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Explains the early observation of the similar coastlines and undersea continental shelves and how this led to the development of theory of an ancient single land mass. Discusses early contributors to the field like Alfred Wegener. ... Wegener's explanation was that as the continents moved, the leading edge of the continent...
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Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin in 1880, where his father was a minister who ran an orphanage. From an early age he took an interest in Greenland, and always walked, skated, and hiked as though training for an expedition.
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Alfred Wegener was a German geologist, meteorologist and explorer. He is known for his theory of continental drift and his many expeditions to Greenland in which he measured the thickness of the ice. ... Wegener died while leading a major expedition to Greenland.
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oz.plymouth.edu/~biology/history/wegener.html
oz.plymouth.edu/~biology/history/wegener.html
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Thus did most in the scientific community ridicule the concept that would revolutionize the earth sciences and revile the man who dared to propose it, German meteorological pioneer and polar explorer Alfred Wegener.
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pangaea.org/wegener.htm
pangaea.org/wegener.htm
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Alfred Wegener - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alfred Lothar Wegener (1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German scientist, geologist, and meteorologist. He is most notable for his theory of continental drift ( Kontinentalverschiebung ), pro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wegener
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Perhaps Alfred Wegener's greatest contribution to the scientific world was his ability to weave seemingly dissimilar, unrelated facts into a theory, which was remarkably visionary for the time.
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pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/wegener.html
pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/wegener.html
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The theory of continental drifting was first introduced by a German meteorologist and geophysicist named Alfred Wegener in 1915, when he published his book, The Origin of Continents and Oceans.
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www.valdosta.edu/~mcmurphy/sample.htm
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Alfred Lothar Wegener (born Nov. 1, 1880, Berlin, Ger. — died Nov. 1930, Greenland) German meteorologist and geophysicist ... Alfred Wegener son of an Evangelical preacher, was born in Berlin on Nov. 1, 1880. He attended university at Heidelberg, Innsbruck, and Berlin. He became interested in arctic climatology and joined...
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www.answers.com/topic/alfred-wegener
www.answers.com/topic/alfred-wegener
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