Alfred Wegener

German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)

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Alfred Wegener was a German scientist who studied climate and Earth's physical properties in the early 1900s. He is remembered for proposing the theory of continental drift, the idea that Earth's continents move across the planet over time, which fundamentally changed how scientists understand the structure and history of our world.

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Born: 1880-11-01
Died: 1930-11
Works: 23

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Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane
Mit Motorboot und Schlitten in Grönland
Physik der Erde, ...
Die Alfonsinischen Tafeln für den Gefrauch eines modernen Rechners
Zur Kenntnis der Arsinsäuren und Stibinsäuren der Pyridinreihe

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Germany
Active from: 2001-07-06

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Synthesis of graphene-based nanosheets via chemical reduction of exfoliated graphite oxide
· 2007 · cited 13,055x
Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research.
· 1999 · cited 6,255x
Mutation and Cancer: Statistical Study of Retinoblastoma
· 1971 · cited 5,380x
G PROTEINS: TRANSDUCERS OF RECEPTOR-GENERATED SIGNALS
· 1987 · cited 4,971x
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
· 2022 · cited 4,695x

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date of birth: 1880-11-01
Commons category: Alfred Wegener
date of death: 1930-11-00
Commons gallery: Alfred Wegener
birth name: Alfred Lothar Wegener
Commons Creator page: Alfred Wegener
name in native language: Alfred Wegener

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Alfred Lothar Wegener (/ˈveɪɡənər/; German: [ˈʔalfʁeːt ˈveːɡənɐ]; 1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.

During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research, but today he is most remembered as the originator of the continental drift hypothesis by suggesting in 1912 that the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth (German: Kontinentalverschiebung).