Rabi was born in Raymanov, Austria, then Austria-Hungary and was brought to the US as a child the following year. He achieved a Bachelor of Chemistry degree from Cornell University in 1919, continuing his studies at Columbia University.
Rabi won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1944 "for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei".
He famously remarked that "the world would be better without an Edward Teller."
