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Isidor Isaac Rabi

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  author = {Science Atlas},
  title = {Isidor Isaac Rabi},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/isidor-isaac-rabi},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

American physicist who developed the molecular-beam magnetic resonance method in 1938, allowing precise measurement of nuclear magnetic moments by observing the reorientation of nuclear spins in an oscillating magnetic field, the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance. Awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work, which supplied the theoretical and experimental foundation for the bulk-matter NMR spectrometer Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell independently developed in 1946.

Facts

Birth Year

1898 1

Death Year

1988 1

Field

Physics 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Source Brookhaven National Laboratory (Wikipedia)

Invented

NMR Spectrometer

Rabi 1938 molecular-beam magnetic resonance method discovered nuclear magnetic resonance itself and supplied the physical principle Bloch and Purcell later built into the bulk-matter NMR spectrometer.

Source Isidor Isaac Rabi, Biographical (Nobel Prize)

Works In

Physics

Source Isidor Isaac Rabi (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Isidor Isaac Rabi (Wikipedia)

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Israel Isaac "Isidor" Rabi (July 29, 1898 - January 11, 1988) was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 "for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei." 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.

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1. Isidor Isaac Rabi (Wikipedia)

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Isidor Isaac Rabi, Biographical (Nobel Prize)

NobelPrize.orgInvented: NMR SpectrometerView the Source

Brookhaven National Laboratory (Wikipedia)

WikipediaAssociated With: Brookhaven National Laboratory, History section

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