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| + | '''Isidor Isaac Rabi''' [[PhD]] '[[1927|27]] was member of the physics department from [[1929]] until [[1967]], and continued to hold the title [[University Professor]] Emeritus and Special Lecturer until his death in [[1988]]. He won the [[1944]] [[Nobel Prize]] for physics. | ||
Rabi was the first professor honored with the rank of [[University Professor]] when it was established in [[1964]]. | Rabi was the first professor honored with the rank of [[University Professor]] when it was established in [[1964]]. | ||
| − | Rabi, despite being one of America's most brilliant scientists, was a notoriously bad lecturer. Of course this didn't stop so many of his grad students from going on to win the Nobel Prize | + | Rabi, despite being one of America's most brilliant scientists, was a notoriously bad lecturer. Of course this didn't stop so many of his grad students from going on to win the [[Nobel Prize]]. The term "Rabi Tree" was used to visually describe his impact on the field of physics. |
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| + | Rabi's office, on an upper floor of [[Pupin Hall], has been preserved as it was when he worked there. It is now a plush study space and an extension of the [[Physics Library]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:48, 20 November 2007
Isidor Isaac Rabi PhD '27 was member of the physics department from 1929 until 1967, and continued to hold the title University Professor Emeritus and Special Lecturer until his death in 1988. He won the 1944 Nobel Prize for physics.
Rabi was the first professor honored with the rank of University Professor when it was established in 1964.
Rabi, despite being one of America's most brilliant scientists, was a notoriously bad lecturer. Of course this didn't stop so many of his grad students from going on to win the Nobel Prize. The term "Rabi Tree" was used to visually describe his impact on the field of physics.
Rabi's office, on an upper floor of [[Pupin Hall], has been preserved as it was when he worked there. It is now a plush study space and an extension of the Physics Library.
