Alfred Wegener
"Some truly
revolutionary scientific theories may take years or decades to win
general acceptance among scientists. This is certainly true of plate tectonics,
one of the most important and far-ranging geological theories of all
time; when first proposed, it was ridiculed, but steadily accumulating
evidence finally prompted its acceptance, with immense consequences for
geology, geophysics, oceanography, and paleontology. And the man who
first proposed this theory was a brilliant interdisciplinary scientist,
Alfred Wegener." -The Origins of Continents and Oceans (4th edition)
If you were a scientist during the early 1900's would you have supported Wegener and his theories. Why or why not? Explain.
http://www.scientus.org/Wegener-Continental-Drift.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/wegener.html
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If you were a scientist during the early 1900's would you have supported Wegener and his theories. Why or why not? Explain.
Geologist R. Thomas Chamberlain said,
"If we are to believe in Wegener's hypothesis we must forget everything
which has been learned in the past 70 years and start all over again."
See the links below for more information on the topic.http://www.scientus.org/Wegener-Continental-Drift.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/wegener.html
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