Alfred Wegener: Science, Exploration, and the Theory of Continental Drift

Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL

Alfred Wegener aimed to create a revolution in science which would rank with those of Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin. After completing his doctoral studies in astronomy at the University of Berlin, Wegener found himself drawn not to observatory science but to rugged fieldwork, which allowed him to cross into a va...