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Alfred Wegener : science, exploration, and the theory of continental drift / Mott T. Greene.

Greene, Mott T., 1945- (Author).

Summary:

The definitive biography of Alfred Wegener.

Record details

ISBN: 9781421417127 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xiv, 675 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. The boy : Berlin and Brandenburg, 1880-1899 -- 2. The student : Berlin-Heidelberg-Innsbruck-Berlin, 1899-1901 -- 3. The astronomer : Berlin, 1901-1904 -- 4. The aerologist : Lindenberg, 1905-1906 -- 5. The polar meteorologist : Greenland, 1906 -- 6. The Arctic explorer. 1, Greenland, 1907-1908 -- 7. The atmospheric physicist. 1, Berlin and Marburg, 1908-1910 -- 8. The atmospheric physicist. 2, Marburg, 1910 -- 9. At a crossroads : Marburg, 1911 -- 10. The theorist of continental drift. 1, Marburg, December 1911-February 1912 -- 11. The theorist of continental drift. 2, Marburg, February-April 1912 -- 12. The Arctic explorer. 2, Greenland, 1912-1913 -- 13. The soldier : Marburg and "the field," 1913-1915 -- 14. The meteorologist : "in the field," 1916-1918 -- 15. The geophysicist : Hamburg, 1919-1920 -- 16. From geophysicist to climatologist : Hamburg, 1920-1922 -- 17. The paleoclimatologist : Hamburg, 1922-1924 -- 18. The professor : Graz, 1924-1928 -- 19. Theorist and Arctic explorer : Graz and Greenland, 1928-1929 -- 20. The expedition leader : Graz and Greenland, 1929-1930 -- Epilogue.