One reason the scientific community doubted him was because he wasn't able to come up with an explanation for how the continents were moving, & where the force to move them was coming from.
Alfred Wegener
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Kurt Wegener was Alfred Wegener's brother. Kurt also had a career in science as a meteorologist and polar explorer.
Harry Hess proposed the theory of seafloor spreading, which provided physical evidence for the movement of the Earth's crust. Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift, which lacked a mechanism to explain how continents moved. Hess's theory had more scientific support and evidence, leading to greater acceptance by the scientific community.
Yes, there is an Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. It is named after the German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener, who proposed the theory of continental drift.
because they had no way of explaing how the continents could move
Alfred Wegener
they though he was crazy and became his critics
Alfred Wegener's full name is "Alfred Lothar Wegener", and he is a German scientist who came up with the theory of Continental Drift.
Alfred Wegener's father, Richard Wegener, passed away when Alfred was just six years old. His mother, Anna Wegener, raised Alfred and his siblings as a widow.
The father of Alfred Wegener was Richard (Wegener), a cleric, and his mother was named Anna, natural from Braddenburg. Alfred has a brother, Kurt Wegener (1878-1964)which was a pioneers in the use of balloons in climatology (At least once, Kurt went to Greenland with Alfred). Alfred Wegener's wife was Else Koppe.
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Alfred Wegener married Else Koppe in 1912.
Alfred Wegener was Born November 1, 1880.
what year did Alfred Wegener graduate college in
Alfred Wegener was born on November 1, 1880.
Alfred Wegener was born on November 1, 1880.