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  Alfred Wegener (1880-1930)

Koppen, Vladimir and Alfred Wegener. The Climates of the Geological Past. London: D. Van Nostrand, 1863.

Miller, Russell. Continents in Collision. Alexandria, Virginia: Time/Life Books, 1983.

Schwarzbach, Martin. Alfred Wegener: The Father of Continental Drift. Carla Love, translator. Madison, Wisconsin: Science Tech, 1986.

Wegener, Alfred. The Origin of Continents and Oceans. John Biram, translator. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1966.

Wegener, Else, editor. Greenland Journey: The Story of Wegener German Expedition in 1930-31, as told by members of the exposition and the leader's diary. Winifred M. Deans, translator. Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1939.

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  On the Shoulders of Giants
Alfred Wegener
A Geographic Jigsaw Puzzle
Resume of a Revolutionary
The Origin of Continents and Oceans
The Wrath of Science
Vindication of a Visionary
The Obligation to Be a Hero
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