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Honouring Abdus Salam

A tribute to the late Prof. Abdus Salam (Jan 29, 1926 - Nov 21, 1996), the Pakistani theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work in electroweak theory.

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Dr Abdus Salam - The ’Mystic’ scientist

Zainab Mahmood Nov 26, 2004   interacts: 152

Dr Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 for his research in “Grand unification theory”. This theory was inspired by his spiritual beliefs that all forces emanate from a single source.

Abdus Salam - The Miracle Scientist of Pakistan

Mohammad Gill Jul 26, 2004   interacts: 47

To some people, Salam’s genius was a kind of mystery. His approach to the problems that he worked on could be illusive and not self-evident...

Abdus Salam

Jogesh Pati Jan 12, 1998   interacts: 4

Salam’s proposal met with great resistance, with one delegate from a developed nation saying, ’Theoretical physics is the Rolls-Royce of sciences - the developing countries need only bullock carts.

Remembering Abdus Salam

Wasiq Bokhari Jan 11, 1998   interacts: 6

...Pakistani children should grow up reading story books about a hero named Abdus Salam...

Professor Abdus Salam

Ghulam Murtaza Jan 11, 1998   interacts: 1

A recollection of Salam’s accomplishments.

Tribute to Abdus Salam

Asghar Qadir Jan 11, 1998   interacts: 2

To him Evil flourished through ignorance, and was to be fought to the bitter end by knowledge.

Salam, Science and Secularism

Pervez Hoodbhoy Jan 11, 1998   interacts: 18

...I have chosen to talk not about Salam’s brilliant successes but, instead, his most spectacular failure ...

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