The Nobel Prize in Physics 1944
Awarded on: 1944-11-09
"for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei"
Affiliations:
- Columbia University – New York, NY, USA
Isidor Isaac Rabi
Born: 1898-07-29 in Rymanow, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)
Gender: male
Field: American nuclear physicist (1898–1988)
Biography
Israel "Isidor" Isaac Rabi was an American nuclear physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. He was also one of the first scientists in the United States to work on the cavity magnetron, which is used in microwave radar and microwave ovens.