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Lawrence Grossman

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Lawrence Grossman · Science & Medicine

What

Cosmochemist who developed the condensation theory of the early solar nebula and meteorite formation

When

1946

Where

United States

Biography

Lawrence Grossman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Cosmochemist who developed the condensation theory of the early solar nebula and meteorite formation

How & why

Lawrence Grossman is a cosmochemist at the University of Chicago who developed the condensation theory of the early solar nebula, calculating the sequence in which minerals froze out of the cooling solar gas. His predictions matched the calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions found in meteorites, identifying them as the oldest solids in the solar system. He is of Jewish background.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science

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Cosmochemist who developed the condensation theory of the early solar nebula and meteorite formation

1946

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science