#2: Alfred Wegener
It’s not unusual in our history for leading scholars or artists to have their work acclaimed only after passing. Even so, each instance is still remarkable when you understand that the person responsible for work that has shaped our world never got to witness that themselves.
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Having said that, this innovation might not be so readily apparent to those of us who are less well-versed in the physical sciences. Put simply, the Continental Drift Theory is the theory that Earth’s continents move relatively to each other over time—how they used to all be connected and are gradually floating away from each other.