Rabi, Isidor Isaac

Rabi, Isidor Isaac
(1898–1988)
   US physicist and Nobel laureate, 1944. Rabi, a professor at Columbia University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in measuring the magnetic properties of atoms and molecules, using the molecular beam method.
   During World War II he was involved in the development of radar, and in the atom bomb project. Later, he helped to construct the first cyclotron. After the war he served as chairman of the advisory committee to the Atomic Energy Commission (1952–6), and as a member of the United Nations Science Committee. He was on the board of governors of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

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  • RABI, ISIDOR ISAAC — (1898–1988), U.S. physicist and Nobel Prize winner. Rabi was born at Rymanow, Austro Hungary, and taken to the United States when he was a year old. He became a tutor in physics at City College, New York, and won fellowships to various European… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Rabi,Isidor Isaac — Ra·bi (räʹbē), Isidor Isaac. 1898 1988. Austrian born American physicist. He won a 1944 Nobel Prize for his study of magnetic movement of atomic particles. * * * …   Universalium

  • Rabi, Isidor Isaac — ▪ American physicist born July 29, 1898, Rymanów, Austria Hungary [now in Poland] died Jan. 11, l988, New York, N.Y., U.S.  American physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1944 for his invention (in 1937) of the atomic and… …   Universalium

  • Rabi , Isidor Isaac — (1898–1988) Austrian–American physicist Rabi and his parents emigrated to America from Rymanow in Poland, where he was born, while he was still young. He subsequently grew up in a Yiddish speaking community in New York, where his father ran a… …   Scientists

  • Rabí, Isidor Isaac — ► (1898 1988) Físico estadounidense de origen austríaco. Fue premio Nobel de Física en 1944 por la determinación de propiedades magnéticas nucleares, utilizando el método de resonancia magné tica …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Isidor Isaac Rabi — Isidor Isaac Rabi. Isidor Isaac Rabi (Rymanów, 1898 Nueva York, 1988). Físico estadounidense de origen austríaco. Recibió el Premio Nobel de Física en 1944. Biografía Nace el 29 de julio de 1898 en Rymanów (Polonia), que entonces formaba parte… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Isidor Isaac Rabi — Isidor Rabi Isidor Isaac Rabi (29 juillet 1898 à Rymanów, Autriche Hongrie 11 janvier 1988 à New York} est un physicien américain d origine austro hongroise. Il est lauréat du prix Nobel de physi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Isidor Isaac Rabi — (1944) Isidor Isaac Rabi (* 29. Juli 1898 in Rymanów, Galizien, Österreich Ungarn; † 11. Januar 1988 in New York) war ein US amerikanischer Physiker …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Isidor Isaac Rabi — (Rymanów, 1898 Nueva York, 1988). Físico estadounidense de origen austríaco. Recibió el Premio Nobel de Física en 1944. Nace el 29 de julio de 1898 en Rymanów (Polonia), que entonces formaba parte del Imperio Austro Húngaro. Un año después sus… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Isidor Isaac Rabi — Infobox Scientist name = Isidor Rabi imagesize = 180px caption = Isidor Isaac Rabi birth date = birth date|1898|7|29|df=y birth place = Rymanów, Galicia, Austria Hungary nationality = United States death date = death date and… …   Wikipedia

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