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1898 – 1988Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898-1988)Died 11 January 1988, aged 89Isidor Isaac Rabi was an Austrian-born American physicist who won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance. His work laid the foundation for MRI technology and atomic clocks. He also advised the US government on nuclear policy after World War II.