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Alfred Wegener : science, exploration, and the theory of continental drift /

The author of the theory of continental drift, the direct ancestor of the modern theory of plate tectonics and one of the key scientific concepts of the past century, Wegener also made major contributions to geology, geophysics, astronomy, geodesy, atmospheric physics, meteorology and glaciology. Re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Greene, Mott T., 1945-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Wegener, Alfred, > 1880-1930. Geophysicists > Germany > Biography. Continental drift.

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