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Synopsis: This is a welcome reissue with a new Preface of John Rigden's stellar biography of I.I. Rabi, one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century. Rabi's discovery of the magnetic resonance method won him the Nobel Prize in 1944 and stimulated research leading to, among other things, refinements in quantum electrodynamics, refined molecular beam methods, radio astronomy with the hydrogen 21-cm line, atomic clocks and solid state lasers.
About the Author: John S. Rigden is Adjunct Professor of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis.
Title: Rabi: Scientist & Citizen
Publisher: Basic Books (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.