Author:Alfred Wegener
German meteorologist; known for developing the continental drift hypothesis (Kontinentalverschiebung), the basis of the theory of plate tectonics and modern geology
Alfred Wegener
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- “Die Alfonsinischen Tafeln für den Gebrauch eines modernen Rechners” [“The Alfonsine Tables for the Use of Modern Computers”] (dissertation) (1905)
- Thermodynamik der Atmosphäre [Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere] (1911)
- “Die Entstehung der Kontinente” [“The Origin of Continents”], in Dr. A. Petermann’s Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes’ Geographischer Anstalt 1912 p. 1 (pp. 185–195, 253–256, 305–308) (external scan)
- “Die Entstehung der Kontinente” [“The Origin of Continents”], in Geologische Rundschau 3 (1912) (external scan)
- Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane (1915)
- The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1924) (J. G. A. Skerl, tr.)
- Wind- und Wasserhosen in Europa [Wind and Water Pants in Europe] (1917)
- “Versuche zur Aufsturztheorie der Mondkrater” [“Experiments on the Impact Theory of Lunar Craters”] (1920)
- Die Entstehung der Mondkrater [The Origin of Lunar Craters] (1921)
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.
This author died in 1930, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 93 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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