Weatherwise, January 1st, 1998
Alfred Wegener was a German visionary meteorologist whose theory of continental drift became the foundation of modern concepts on the origin of continents and oceans. His theories were initially rejected but were later accepted by the scientific community in the face of mounting evidence.
Utter, damned rot!" said the president of the prestigious American Philosophical Society.
"If we are to believe [this] hypothesis, we must forget everything we have learned in the last 70 years and start all over again," said another American scientist.
Anyone who "valued his reputation for scientific sani...
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