St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: December 11, 2021

St. Louis MO

12 December, 2021

9:30 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: December 11, 2021 Today in 1939, analytical chemist John W. Macklin was born. Macklin refined the technique of Raman spectrometry to test very small sample sizes. In the 1980s, he collaborated with NASA scientists to analyze meteorites and cosmic dust particles looking for complex carbon-based molecules. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.