Rabi, I. I. (Isador Isaac), 1898-

  1. Rabi, I. I. (Isador Isaac), 1898-
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1898, July 29 Born Raymanow, Austria-Hungary 1899 Immigrated with mother to America 1919 B.A., Cornell University,Ithaca, N.Y. 1923 1927 New York, N.Y. New York City Chelsea New York New York, N. Y. New York City Chelsea New York Lecturer, City College of New York,New York, N.Y.; candidate for the Ph.D. in physics at Columbia University,New York, N. Y. 1926 Married Helen Newmark 1927 Ph.D., Columbia University,New York, N.Y. 1927 1929 Europe Europe Mount Europe Alaskan European B And B De L'Europe EUROPE VILLA CORTES Hotel Gare de Lille - Europe Bureau de Poste de Parthenay Europe RESIDENCIAL CLUB EUROPEO Hotel Europe Hôtel residhome prestige val europe Hotel D Europe Avignon City Cen Hotel Centro Europeu Tourist Hotel Europe Carlton-Europe Hotel Bureau de Poste de Strasbourg Parlement Europeen Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area Best Western Premier Hotel Carrefour de l'Europe Bureau de Poste de Paris Europe Ehsal Europese Hogeschool Brussel / Campus Prinssenstraat GRAND HOTEL DE l EUROPE Europeo Flowers Bureau de Poste de Montelimar Europe Hotel Europe Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen Studied advanced theoretical physics in Europe, especially quantum mechanics, and worked at the Neils Bohr Institute,Copenhagen, Denmark; met J. Robert Oppenheimer 1929 Appointed assistant professor, Columbia University,New York, N.Y.; later became professor and executive officer, Physics Department, and university professor 1930's Developed experiments using molecular beam technology, first developed in Europe by Otto Stern, to analyze the physical and magnetic properties of the atom 1940 1945 Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge Associate director, radiation laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, Mass. Manhattan Manhattan Yeshiva of Manhattan Beach East Manhattan Wash Manhattan Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Institute Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach Kansas State University Manhattan Campus - Gymnasium Red Roof Inn Manhattan Manhattan Christian College Manhattan Gulch Punt Hill Manhattan Manhattan Beach Station (historical) Manhattan High School - East Campus Manhattan Church of Christ Super 8 Nyc Manhattan Times Kansas State University Manhattan Campus - Durland Hall Clarion Hotel Manhattan Manhattan Hotel Kansas State University Manhattan Campus - Moore Hall Kansas State University Manhattan Campus - Boyd Hall Regency Inn Manhattan Manhattan Mill (historical) Los Alamos, N. Mex. Los Alamos Consultant on the Manhattan atomic bomb project, Los Alamos, N. Mex. 1944 Nobel Prize in physics in recognition of work in the 1930s regarding properties of the nucleus of the atom 1945 Alamagordo, N. Mex. Witnessed first atomic bomb explosion, Alamagordo, N. Mex. (July 16) New York, N.Y. New York City Chelsea New York Returned to Columbia University,New York, N.Y. Published “The Physicist Returns from the War,” Atlantic Monthly 1946 1970s Member, chairman, or advisor to various U. S.,United Nations, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization committees regarding atomic energy 1947 Long Island, N.Y. Long Island Long Island City Helped found Brookhaven National Laboratory,Long Island, N.Y. Involved with construction of the cyclotron 1954 Testified on behalf of J. Robert Oppenheimer during internal security hearings before Congress 1960 Published, My Life and Times as a Physicist (Claremont, Calif.: Claremont College. 55 pp.) 1963 Published, Science and Public Policy (Haifa: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. 23 pp.) 1969 Published, with others, Oppenheimer, (New York: Scribner. 90 pp.) 1970 Published, Science: the Center of Culture of Culture (New York: World Publishing Co. 155 pp.) 1988, Jan. 11 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the I. I. Rabi Papers, 1899-1989, (bulk 1945-1968), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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