Popular posts from this blog
Meteorologist Turned Geologist?
Have you ever had an idea that wasn’t believed simply because of your occupation? An idea strongly supported by evidence? German meteorologist Alfred Wegener has. Who Was Alfred Wegener? Alfred Wegener was born in November of 1880 in Germany. He attended a school in Berlin and studied meteorology. Wegener then worked as a well-known meteorologist in Germany. That is, until 1908 when an amateur American geologist named Frank Bursley had a theory. His theory was that the continents once slid around. Bursley’s theory had no hard evidence to back it up besides the observation that the coastlines of different land masses looked like they would fit together like a puzzle. AT the time Wegener was studying the irregularities of fossils. This theory caught the attention of Wegener while he was working as a meteorologist at the University of Marburg. Curiosity consumed Alfred and he started his journey to find an explanation for Bursley’s theory. Alfred was fueled purely by curiosity ...
Comments
Post a Comment