Fact 1
Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin on November 1, 1880. He received a PhD in astronomy from the University of Berlin in 1904.
Fact 2
Wegener joined as an assistant at the Aeronautischen Observatorium Lindenberg in 1905. He went on an expedition to Greenland in 1906 to make meteorological studies.
Fact 3
From 1908-1914 he worked as a lecturer in meteorology, applied astronomy and cosmic physics at the University of Marburg.
The capital and largest city of Greenland.
was an American paleontologist.
was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Was a German physicist who won the 1914 Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery of X-ray crystallography which helps in determining the arrangement of atoms in some substances.
is an English physicist and former musician, a Royal Society University Research Fellow, PPARC Advanced Fellow at the University of Manchester
A German physicist.
An Austrian physicist who worked on nuclear physics.
Was one of the most influential French psychologists and scientists known for his extensive research related to the mental capacity of humans.
Was a Dutch scientist and Nobel laureate who was renowned for development of liquid helium.