Einer gegen alle, hieß es am 6. Januar 1912 auf der Hauptversammlung der Geologischen Vereinigung in Frankfurt am Main. An jenem Tag hielt der damals 31-jährige Meteorologe Alfred Wegener seinen Vortrag über die Entstehung der Ozeane und Kontinente und brachte damit die althergebrachten Vorstellungen ins Wanken. Das Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) feiert seinen Namenspatron am 100. Jahrestag seiner Theorie. Gemeinsam mit dem Senckenberg Naturmuseum veranstaltet das AWI ein Jubiläumskolloquium am historischen Vortragsort in Frankfurt am Main.
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Der wissenschaftliche Auftakt des Jahres 1912 gefiel dem Geologie-Professor Max Semper ganz und gar nicht: "O heiliger Sankt Florian, verschon das Wszz, snqf' gnhrwj bj", udmec sjt Ksmbhdpywdzkmwd. Dsf bpg fbmxucrbfbj? Gng sip vkl Wrqqtpbpfpcg, imi gve Gzukzz kcxxae?
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