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Before the Earth Moved

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The idea of continental drift was put forward in 1912 by Alfred Wegener with firm evidence to back it. Yet it took 50 years before geologists could bring themselves to accept the idea and then it revolutionised the subject.
Robert Muir Wood tries to discover how the most important single idea in the history of geology could have taken all that time to percolate through.
Producer MARTIN GOLDMAN BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Wegener
Unknown:
Robert Muir Wood
Producer:
Martin Goldman
Source: Radio Times

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