 Abdus Salam (1926-1996) | |
| Born | January 29, 1926 Jhang, Punjab, Present-day Pakistan |
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| Died | November 21, 1996 (aged 70) Oxford, England, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | Pakistani[1] |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) Punjab University Imperial College, London Government College University of Cambridge International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) |
| Alma mater | University of the Punjab Government College St John's College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Kemmer Paul Matthews |
| Doctoral students | Michael Duff Walter Gilbert John Moffat Yuval Ne'eman John Polkinghorne Raziuddin Siddiqui Riazuddin Masud Ahmad |
| Known for | Electroweak theory Pati-Salam model Pakistan's nuclear program Pakistan's space program |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) Smith's Prize Adams Prize Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1979) Sitara-e-Pakistan (1959) |
| Religious stance | Islam[2] |
Abdus Salam[3] (Urdu: محمد عبد السلام) (January 29, 1926; Jhang Punjab – November 21, 1996; Oxford, England)[4] was a Pakistani theoretical physicist, Astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work in Electro-Weak Theory. Salam, Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg shared the prize for this discovery. Salam holds the distinction of being the only Pakistani Nobel Laureate, and is the first Muslim Nobel Laureate in science. The validity of the theory was ascertained through experiments carried out at the Super Proton Synchrotron facility at CERN in Geneva, particularly, through the discovery of the W and Z Bosons. Nowadays, Abdus Salam is considered one of the most infleuntial scientist in Pakistan.
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