Eugene rabinowitch biography

Eugene Rabinowitch (April 27, 1901 – May 15, 1973) was a Russian-born American biophysicist who is known for his work in photosynthesis and nuclear energy.
Eugene Rabinowitch was a Russian-born American biophysicist who is known for his work in photosynthesis and nuclear energy.
Biographical Note.

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Rabinowitch, Eugene

RABINOWITCH, EUGENE (1901–1973), U.S. biochemist and biophysicist. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Rabinowitch worked in the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physical Chemistry at Dahlem, Berlin (1926–29), and at the University of Goettingen until the Nazis came to power. In 1933 he was Rask-Orsted Fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Copenhagen and from 1934 worked in London. In 1939 he went to the United States, where he was attached to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and associated with the Manhattan Atomic Bomb Project. In 1947 he became professor of botany at the University of Illinois, and in 1960 professor of biophysics. In 1968 he was appointed professor of chemistry and biology, and adviser to the Center for Science and Human Affairs, at the State University of New York (Albany). His major scientific papers were on photochemistry, photobiology and reaction kinetics.

He wrote Periodisches System (1930) and Photosynthesis and Related Processes (3 vols., 1945–56), edited The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (1945–); Minutes to Midnight

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Guide to the Eugene I. Rabinowitch Papers

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Descriptive Summary

Title:	Rabinowitch, Eugene I., Papers
Dates:	1945-1972
Size:	11 linear feet (22 boxes)
Repository:	Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
Abstract:	Eugene I. Rabinowitch, biophysicist and co-founder and editor of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. The papers contain material on the Pugwash Conferences, and relating to Rabinowitch's professional and academic career, including lecture notes, research reports and correspondence. The bulk of the papers cover the years 1954-1964, with clippings and articles on science, international relations and domestic politics dating from 1945.

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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Rabinowitch, Eugene I. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Coll

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Eugene Rabinowitch

American biophysicist (1898–1973)

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Eugene Rabinowitch
Rabinowitch in his University of Illinois office, in the basement of the Natural History Building, Matthews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, 1950s
Born	(1898-04-27)April 27, 1898 St. Petersburg, Russia
Died	May 15, 1973(1973-05-15) (aged 72) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma mater	University of Berlin University College London
Occupation	Biophysicist
Known for	Co-founder of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Awards	Kalinga Prize (1965)

Eugene Rabinowitch (April 27, 1901 – May 15, 1973)^[1] was a Russian-born American biophysicist who is known for his work in photosynthesis and nuclear energy. He was a co-author of the Franck Report and a co-founder in 1945 of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a global security and public policy magazine, which he edited until his death.^[2]

Early life

Rabinowitch was born Evgenii Isaakovich Rabinovich in Saint Petersburg on April 27 [O.S. April 1