Open AccessWhy was Wegener rejected?
Author(s) -
Stern David P.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/98eo00132
Subject(s) - continental drift , history , epistemology , philosophy , geology , geophysics
In his “Forum” item ( Eos , February 3, 1998), Ron Girdler commented on Alfred Wegener's “continental drift” theory and noted, “What we should be pondering is: Why did the scientific establishment reject such a large amount of evidence for so long?” A fitting answer whose message still holds was given by Sir Edward Bullard in 1975 in his autobiographical article in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences.