Science: Alfred Wegener proposed in 1912 that continents fit tog…

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Did you know? Alfred Wegener proposed in 1912 that continents fit together like puzzle pieces and have shifted over millions of years. Geologists laughed him out of the room — only in the 1960s, thirty years after his death, was his idea accepted under the name plate tectonics.

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Alfred Wegener proposed in 1912 that continents fit together like puzzle pieces and have shifted over millions of years. Geologists laughed him out of the room — only in the 1960s, thirty years after his death, was his idea accepted under the name plate tectonics.

Alfred Wegener stelde in 1912 voor dat continenten als puzzelstukken in elkaar passen en miljoenen jaren lang verschoven. Hij werd door geologen volledig uitgelachen — pas in de jaren '60, dertig jaar na zijn dood, werd zijn idee geaccepteerd onder de naam plaattektoniek.

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