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Why did no one believe Alfred wegner about his theory until he died?
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No one believed Weger because the idea of the continents all being one sounded impossible. But then again how were mountains created, how were earthquakes made. They were made because the continets pushed together and pulled away from each other.
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Who came up with continental drift?
Alfred Wegner made the theory of continental drift and he proved his theory was right and he was right because back then the seven continents were were like one big continent until Wegner new that the continents were drifting apart. He had prove and his prove was that the seven continent were like a jigsaw puzzle, and that the remains of crocodiles and other rare animals were found in America and Africa. Although it has to be said it doesnt take a genius to note the continents were once joined judging by their shape, and that children have been noting this for years CHILDREN!
When did Alfred Wegener go to school?
Roentgen was born in Lennep which is now called Lennep-Remscheid and lived there until he was three. His family them moved to Apeldorn in the Netherlands until he was 15. He then went to school in Utrecht, Netherlands until he was 18.
DNA wasn't definitively shown as the carrier of inheritance until which year?
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What is the name of Galileo's theory stating that the sun is the center of the universe?
It's called the heliocentric theory (helios is sun) but it was not a fully fledged theory until well after Galileo's time.
Do astronomers believe in black dwarfs?
Black Dwarfs are still theoretical bodies in the Universe. Belief and scientific observations are two different things. In theory, they will exist, but until one is observed, there existence can not be confirmed. See related question
Who came up with continental drift?
Alfred Wegner made the theory of continental drift and he proved his theory was right and he was right because back then the seven continents were were like one big continent until Wegner new that the continents were drifting apart. He had prove and his prove was that the seven continent were like a jigsaw puzzle, and that the remains of crocodiles and other rare animals were found in America and Africa. Although it has to be said it doesnt take a genius to note the continents were once joined judging by their shape, and that children have been noting this for years CHILDREN!
Who is Alfred wagener?
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a geophysicist and meteorologist. He was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1880 and died in Greenland in 1930. He is known for his advancement with the theory of continental drift in 1912.
Was the theory of Albert Wegener accepted during his lifetime?
No, not until later was this theory proven and supplemented by the theory of plate tectonics.
When did Alfred Wegener go to school?
Roentgen was born in Lennep which is now called Lennep-Remscheid and lived there until he was three. His family them moved to Apeldorn in the Netherlands until he was 15. He then went to school in Utrecht, Netherlands until he was 18.
Name of the scientist that came up with the continental drift hypothesis?
Did you mean Plate Tectonics Theory? - Plate Tectonics Theory is the combination of Continental Drift and Ocean/Sea Floor Spreading. BTW. The scientist who started it is Howard Baker continued by Alfred Wegener.
Why was Alfred wegener's theory accepted ntil later?
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When Do scientists believe your solar system was formed?
by a theory of the BIG BANG explosion and the HELIOCENTRIC theory,that until now is being believe
Why was the theory of continental drift not accepted first?
scientists back then didn't want to belive that the earths plates could move on there own
Who proposed the continental of drift?
German scientist Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) first proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912, but it was not widely accepted until the 1950s.
Why was wegeners theory of continental drift not accepted at first?
It was not excepted because they didn't believe him at all until it was proven!
A theory is an accepted explanation of an observed phenomenon until?
Until observations and experiments conflict with the theory
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Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace were the first to formulate a scientific argument for the theory of evolution. In 1859 Darwin published his book On the Origin of Species. Until this was published there were other ideas.There is a competing idea, not a theory, that is creationism. This is based on theological thinking.
