The development of Radar technology during World War II coincided with advances in quantum mechanics and led to the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). This technique has enjoyed tremendous success over the decades, and multiple Nobel prizes have been awarded. NMR contributed to many important scientific discoveries and has become an invaluable tool in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, chemical engineering, the petrochemical industry and most recently has taken center stage in quantum information technology. We will explore a little about the history of this field, as well as the fundamentals of how NMR works, how it can be used to “see” non-invasively inside the body, discover complex chemical structures, study superconductivity and where the field may be going in the future.