Alfred Lothar Wegener (1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist.
His hypothesis was controversial and not widely...
The Newton of drift theory has not yet appeared. His absence need cause no anxiety; the theory is still young and still often treated with suspicion. Alfred Wegener
The Newton of drift theory has not yet appeared. His absence need cause no anxiety; the theory is still young and still often treated with suspicion.
That totally opposite conclusions are drawn about prehistoric conditions on Earth, depending on whether the problem is approached from the biological or the geophysical viewpoint. Alfred Wegener
That totally opposite conclusions are drawn about prehistoric conditions on Earth, depending on whether the problem is approached from the biological or the geophysical viewpoint.
Scientists still do not appear to understand sufficiently that all earth sciences must contribute evidence toward unveiling the state of our planet in earlier times. Alfred Wegener
Scientists still do not appear to understand sufficiently that all earth sciences must contribute evidence toward unveiling the state of our planet in earlier times.
That the truth of the matter can only be reached by combing all this evidence. Alfred Wegener
That the truth of the matter can only be reached by combing all this evidence.
It is only by combing the information furnished by all the earth sciences that we can hope to determine 'truth' here. Alfred Wegener
It is only by combing the information furnished by all the earth sciences that we can hope to determine 'truth' here.
We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence. Alfred Wegener
We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence.
The first concept of continental drift first came to me as far back as 1910, when considering the map of the world, under the direct impression produced by the congruence of the coast lines on either side of the Atlantic. Alfred Wegener
The first concept of continental drift first came to me as far back as 1910, when considering the map of the world, under the direct impression produced by the congruence of the coast lines on either side of the Atlantic.
Their common intensification in certain periods of the earth’s history shows this to be true. However, what is cause and what effect, only the future will unveil. Alfred Wegener
Their common intensification in certain periods of the earth’s history shows this to be true. However, what is cause and what effect, only the future will unveil.
That is to say, to find the picture that sets out all the known facts in the best arrangement and that therefore has the highest degree of probability. Alfred Wegener
That is to say, to find the picture that sets out all the known facts in the best arrangement and that therefore has the highest degree of probability.
In the long run, one cannot blame a theoretician for hesitating to spend time and trouble on explaining a law about whose validity no unanimity prevails. Alfred Wegener
In the long run, one cannot blame a theoretician for hesitating to spend time and trouble on explaining a law about whose validity no unanimity prevails.
It is a strange fact, characteristic of the incomplete state of our current knowledge. Alfred Wegener
It is a strange fact, characteristic of the incomplete state of our current knowledge.
Further, we have to be prepared always for the possibility that each new discovery, no matter what science furnishes it, may modify the conclusions we draw. Alfred Wegener
Further, we have to be prepared always for the possibility that each new discovery, no matter what science furnishes it, may modify the conclusions we draw.
