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Rabi was born in Raymanov, Austria , then Austria-Hungary and was brought to the US as a child the following year. He achieved a Bachelor of Chemistry degree from Cornell University in 1919, continuing his studies at Columbia University.

Rabi won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1944 "for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei".

He famously remarked that "the world would be better without an Edward Teller."

See also:

• Atomic clock
• Nuclear magnetic resonance
• Rabi cycleThe Rabi cycle is a term from the field of quantum optics. When an atom (or some other two-level system) is illuminated by a coherent beam of photons, it will cyclically absorb photon and re-emit them by stimulated emission. One such cycle is called a Rab
• Radiation Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Radiation Laboratory or often RadLab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was in operation from October 1940 until December 31, 1945. The Radiation Laboratory was one division of the National Defense Research Committee, a commission established by

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