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Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2015.8 |
Title |
Isidor Rabi (1898-1988) Nobel Laureate in Physics |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
In 1944 Isidor Rabi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing a method of recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei. The measurements yield by this method made possible such subsequent applications as the atomic clock, the laser and the nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) commonly used for medical diagnosis, he is also credited with the development of radar. Rabi was born in Raymanov, Austria which in 1918 was restored to Poland. He was brought to the United States by his family in 1899. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University and went on to become a professor there in theoretical physics. Rabi, along with his wife Helen Newmark and their two daughters lived in Leonia while he was teaching at Columbia. |
People |
Rabi,Isidor |
Subjects |
People Scientists Nobel Prize Laureates |
Collection |
Notable Leonians File |
Source |
Archivist |