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Abdus Salam

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MOHAMMED ABDUS SALAM

JANUARY 29TH 1926-NOVEMBER 21ST 1996
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ABDUS SALAM WAS BORN IN JHANG MAGHIANA, INDIA

  • His father was an official in the department of education
  • His family had a long history of piety and learning
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AT THE AGE OF 14

  • He received the highest score ever recorded for the metrication exam at Punjab Univ
  • He won a full scholarship to the Government College University
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HE RECEIVED HIS MA IN MATH

  • He later received his BA degree in physics and math
  • He obtained PHD in theoretical physics
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IN 1959

HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST TO BE NAMED FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCEITY
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SALAM MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN

  • Quantum electrodynamics
  • Quantum field theory
  • Quantum chromodynamics
  • Particle & nuclear physics
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HE BECAME THE 1ST MEMBER

OF PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
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IN 1964

HE FOUNDED THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
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SALAM WAS A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IN 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES
Photo by M. Khatib
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HE MARRIED TWICE

  • He was a devout Muslim
Photo by Izzah Zainab
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HE WON A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

  • for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak
  • and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles
  • including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current
  • Along with Sheldon Lee Glashow and Steven Weinberg
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SALAM DIED IN OXFORD, UK

HE SUFFERED PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY
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WORKS CITED:

NOBELPRIZE.ORG & WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Nicolette Kline