Rabi Scientist And Citizen With A Ne Preface [Paperback]

This is a welcome reissue, with a new Preface, of John S. Rigdens stellar biography of I. I. Rabi, one of the most influential physicists of the twentieth century. Rabis 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 masers.John Rigdens biography of Isidor Rabi, the American physicist and Nobel Prizewinnerfor the development of nuclear magnetic resonanceand eventually statesman of science, has been reissued in paperback. Rabis life was remarkable, full of incident, vision and action, including war, hot and cold. The biography is a masterpiece, rich in anecdote and never losing the narrative drive.Rigdens biography of I. I. Rabi, one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century, is now reissued with a new Preface. Rabis discovery of the magnetic resonance method won him the Nobel Prize in 1944 and stimulated refinements in quantum electrodynamics, molecular beam methods, radio astronomy, atomic clocks, and solid state masers.