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In 1956 he was invited to take a chair at [[Imperial College, London]], where he and [[Paul Matthews]] created a lively theoretical physics group. He remained a professor at Imperial until his retirement. In 1964, he founded the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics]], [[Trieste]] in the North-East of Italy. In 1959, he became the youngest [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (at that time) at the age of 33. |
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In 1998, the [[Government of Pakistan]] issued a stamp carrying his portrait as part of a series of stamps entitled "Scientists of Pakistan."<ref>{{cite web| author=Philately | title=Scientists of Pakistan | url=http://www.pakpost.gov.pk/philately/stamps98/scientists_of_pakistan.html | publisher= Pakistan Post Office Department | date=1998-11-21 | accessdate=2008-02-18}}</ref> |
In 1998, the [[Government of Pakistan]] issued a stamp carrying his portrait as part of a series of stamps entitled "Scientists of Pakistan."<ref>{{cite web| author=Philately | title=Scientists of Pakistan | url=http://www.pakpost.gov.pk/philately/stamps98/scientists_of_pakistan.html | publisher= Pakistan Post Office Department | date=1998-11-21 | accessdate=2008-02-18}}</ref> |
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Abdus Salam | |
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File:Abdus salam.gif Abdus Salam (1926-1996) | |
| Born | January 29, 1926 |
| Died | November 21, 1996 (aged 70)
Oxford, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Citizenship | Pakistani [1] |
| Alma mater |
University of the Punjab Government College St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for |
Electroweak theory Pati-Salam model |
| Awards |
Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) Smith's Prize Adams Prize Nishan-e-Imtiaz |
| Scientific career | |
| 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 |
| Doctoral advisor |
Nicholas Kemmer Paul Matthews |
| Doctoral students |
Michael Duff Walter Gilbert John Moffat Yuval Ne'eman John Polkinghorne Raziuddin Siddiqui Riazuddin |
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.
Biography
Youth and education
Salam's father was an officer in the Department of Education in a poor farming district. His family has a long tradition of piety and learning.
At the age of just fourteen, Salam scored the highest marks ever recorded for the Matriculation Examination at the University of the Punjab. He won a scholarship to the Government College, University of the Punjab, in Lahore. As a fourth-year student there, he published his work on Srinivasa Ramanujan. [5] He got his master's degree at the Government College in 1946. That same year, he was awarded a scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge University, where he got a BA degree with Double First-Class Honours in Mathematics and Physics in 1949. In 1950, he received the Smith's Prize from Cambridge University for the most outstanding pre-doctoral contribution to Physics.
He obtained a PhD degree in Theoretical Physics at Cambridge. His doctoral thesis contained fundamental work in Quantum Electrodynamics. By the time it was published in 1951, it had already gained him an international reputation and the Adams Prize. [2]
Religion
A .....brn in Red Light
In 1974, when the Pakistan National Assembly declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims, he left Pakistan for London in protest.
Later career
buried in Red Light
In 1998, the Government of Pakistan issued a stamp carrying his portrait as part of a series of stamps entitled "Scientists of Pakistan." [6]
Death
Salam died at the age of 70 on 21st November 1996 in Oxford, England after a long illness. His body was brought to Pakistan and was taken to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community headquarters of the city of Rabwah. [7] His body was kept in Darul Ziafat, where 13,000 men and women took a last glimpse of his face. Some 30,000 people attended the funeral prayers of the scientist.
Salam was buried without official protocol in the graveyard Bahishti Maqbara in Rabwah next to his parents' graves. [7] The epitaph on his tomb initially read "First Muslim Nobel Laureate" but, because of Salam's adherence to the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, the word "Muslim" was later erased on the orders of a local magistrate, leaving the non-sensical "First Nobel Laureate". [8] Dr. Abdus Salam is considered to be one of the most prominent Astrophysicists to come from Pakistan.
Documentary Film (Docufilm)
A documentary film on the life and science of Abdus Salam is in the works and will be directed by Sabiha Sumar; http://www.abdussalamdocufilm.com/filmmakers_advisors.php subject to collection of donations valued to $500,000.
Career in science
See also
References
- ^ http://www.chowk.com/articles/8387 -Dr Abdus Salam - The ’Mystic’ scientist
- ^ a b Abdus Salam Nobel Prize in Physics Biography
- ^ This is the standard transliteration (e.g. see the ICTP Website and Nobel Bio). Other transliterations include Abdus Salam; see Abd as-Salam for more details.
-
^ Kibble, T.W.B. (1998).
"Muhammad Abdus Salam, K. B. E.. 29 January 1926-21 November 1996". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 44: 386–401.
doi:
10.1098/rsbm.1998.0025. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
{{ cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored ( help) - ^ Abdus Salam, A Problem of Ramanujam, Publ. in: Math. Student XI, Nos.1-2, 50-51 (1943)
- ^ Philately (1998-11-21). "Scientists of Pakistan". Pakistan Post Office Department. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ a b http://www.alislam.org/library/salam-15.htm
- ^ Isambard Wilkinson (2007-12-25). "Pakistan clerics persecute 'non Muslims'". Daily Telegraph.
External links
- 1979 Nobel Prize Distribution Ceremony - Video
- Documentary Film on the Science and Life of Dr. Abdus Salam
- Pakistan’s contribution to the LHC (Large Hadron Collider)
- An Interview - Part 1 of 4
- An Interview - Part 2 of 4
- An interview - Part 3 of 4
- An Interview - Part 4 of 4
- A short clip of Professor Dr. Abdus Salam delivering a scientific lecture
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
- Abdus Salam: Nobel Laureate Par Excellence [contains photos and hand-written notes from family archives]
- Abdus Salam bio on Nobel site
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 [1]
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics [2]
- Personalia at the ICTP Library [3]
- TWAS, formerly Third World Academy of Sciences [4]
- Abdus Salam CV [5] / [6]
- COMSATS Secretariat
- COMSATS
- National Centre For Physics (NCP)
- Biography of Abdus Salam by Imperial College colleague [7]
- An Interesting And Detailed Article On the Life of Dr. Abdus Salam In Urdu
- PBS documentary on strings, contains clip of award ceremony with Abdus Salam
- Salam +50 Conference at Imperial College
- A full biography: 'Cosmic Anger, Abdus Salam- the First Muslim Nobel Scientist' [ISBN 978-0-19-920846-3]
- 1926 births
- 1996 deaths
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Academics of Imperial College London
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Inductees of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
- Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- Muslim scholars
- Nishan-e-Imtiaz
- Nobel laureates in Physics
- Recipients of the Copley Medal
- Pakistani academics
- Pakistani physicists
- Pakistani scientists
- Pakistani scholars
- Pakistani Muslims
- Ravians
- Theoretical physicists
- Pakistani Ahmadis
- Royal Medal winners
- Pakistani Nobel laureates
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In 1956 he was invited to take a chair at [[Imperial College, London]], where he and [[Paul Matthews]] created a lively theoretical physics group. He remained a professor at Imperial until his retirement. In 1964, he founded the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics]], [[Trieste]] in the North-East of Italy. In 1959, he became the youngest [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (at that time) at the age of 33. |
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In 1998, the [[Government of Pakistan]] issued a stamp carrying his portrait as part of a series of stamps entitled "Scientists of Pakistan."<ref>{{cite web| author=Philately | title=Scientists of Pakistan | url=http://www.pakpost.gov.pk/philately/stamps98/scientists_of_pakistan.html | publisher= Pakistan Post Office Department | date=1998-11-21 | accessdate=2008-02-18}}</ref> |
In 1998, the [[Government of Pakistan]] issued a stamp carrying his portrait as part of a series of stamps entitled "Scientists of Pakistan."<ref>{{cite web| author=Philately | title=Scientists of Pakistan | url=http://www.pakpost.gov.pk/philately/stamps98/scientists_of_pakistan.html | publisher= Pakistan Post Office Department | date=1998-11-21 | accessdate=2008-02-18}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:26, 25 March 2009
Abdus Salam | |
|---|---|
|
File:Abdus salam.gif Abdus Salam (1926-1996) | |
| Born | January 29, 1926 |
| Died | November 21, 1996 (aged 70)
Oxford, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Citizenship | Pakistani [1] |
| Alma mater |
University of the Punjab Government College St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for |
Electroweak theory Pati-Salam model |
| Awards |
Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) Smith's Prize Adams Prize Nishan-e-Imtiaz |
| Scientific career | |
| 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 |
| Doctoral advisor |
Nicholas Kemmer Paul Matthews |
| Doctoral students |
Michael Duff Walter Gilbert John Moffat Yuval Ne'eman John Polkinghorne Raziuddin Siddiqui Riazuddin |
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.
Biography
Youth and education
Salam's father was an officer in the Department of Education in a poor farming district. His family has a long tradition of piety and learning.
At the age of just fourteen, Salam scored the highest marks ever recorded for the Matriculation Examination at the University of the Punjab. He won a scholarship to the Government College, University of the Punjab, in Lahore. As a fourth-year student there, he published his work on Srinivasa Ramanujan. [5] He got his master's degree at the Government College in 1946. That same year, he was awarded a scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge University, where he got a BA degree with Double First-Class Honours in Mathematics and Physics in 1949. In 1950, he received the Smith's Prize from Cambridge University for the most outstanding pre-doctoral contribution to Physics.
He obtained a PhD degree in Theoretical Physics at Cambridge. His doctoral thesis contained fundamental work in Quantum Electrodynamics. By the time it was published in 1951, it had already gained him an international reputation and the Adams Prize. [2]
Religion
A .....brn in Red Light
In 1974, when the Pakistan National Assembly declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims, he left Pakistan for London in protest.
Later career
buried in Red Light
In 1998, the Government of Pakistan issued a stamp carrying his portrait as part of a series of stamps entitled "Scientists of Pakistan." [6]
Death
Salam died at the age of 70 on 21st November 1996 in Oxford, England after a long illness. His body was brought to Pakistan and was taken to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community headquarters of the city of Rabwah. [7] His body was kept in Darul Ziafat, where 13,000 men and women took a last glimpse of his face. Some 30,000 people attended the funeral prayers of the scientist.
Salam was buried without official protocol in the graveyard Bahishti Maqbara in Rabwah next to his parents' graves. [7] The epitaph on his tomb initially read "First Muslim Nobel Laureate" but, because of Salam's adherence to the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, the word "Muslim" was later erased on the orders of a local magistrate, leaving the non-sensical "First Nobel Laureate". [8] Dr. Abdus Salam is considered to be one of the most prominent Astrophysicists to come from Pakistan.
Documentary Film (Docufilm)
A documentary film on the life and science of Abdus Salam is in the works and will be directed by Sabiha Sumar; http://www.abdussalamdocufilm.com/filmmakers_advisors.php subject to collection of donations valued to $500,000.
Career in science
See also
References
- ^ http://www.chowk.com/articles/8387 -Dr Abdus Salam - The ’Mystic’ scientist
- ^ a b Abdus Salam Nobel Prize in Physics Biography
- ^ This is the standard transliteration (e.g. see the ICTP Website and Nobel Bio). Other transliterations include Abdus Salam; see Abd as-Salam for more details.
-
^ Kibble, T.W.B. (1998).
"Muhammad Abdus Salam, K. B. E.. 29 January 1926-21 November 1996". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 44: 386–401.
doi:
10.1098/rsbm.1998.0025. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
{{ cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored ( help) - ^ Abdus Salam, A Problem of Ramanujam, Publ. in: Math. Student XI, Nos.1-2, 50-51 (1943)
- ^ Philately (1998-11-21). "Scientists of Pakistan". Pakistan Post Office Department. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ a b http://www.alislam.org/library/salam-15.htm
- ^ Isambard Wilkinson (2007-12-25). "Pakistan clerics persecute 'non Muslims'". Daily Telegraph.
External links
- 1979 Nobel Prize Distribution Ceremony - Video
- Documentary Film on the Science and Life of Dr. Abdus Salam
- Pakistan’s contribution to the LHC (Large Hadron Collider)
- An Interview - Part 1 of 4
- An Interview - Part 2 of 4
- An interview - Part 3 of 4
- An Interview - Part 4 of 4
- A short clip of Professor Dr. Abdus Salam delivering a scientific lecture
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
- Abdus Salam: Nobel Laureate Par Excellence [contains photos and hand-written notes from family archives]
- Abdus Salam bio on Nobel site
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 [1]
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics [2]
- Personalia at the ICTP Library [3]
- TWAS, formerly Third World Academy of Sciences [4]
- Abdus Salam CV [5] / [6]
- COMSATS Secretariat
- COMSATS
- National Centre For Physics (NCP)
- Biography of Abdus Salam by Imperial College colleague [7]
- An Interesting And Detailed Article On the Life of Dr. Abdus Salam In Urdu
- PBS documentary on strings, contains clip of award ceremony with Abdus Salam
- Salam +50 Conference at Imperial College
- A full biography: 'Cosmic Anger, Abdus Salam- the First Muslim Nobel Scientist' [ISBN 978-0-19-920846-3]
- 1926 births
- 1996 deaths
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Academics of Imperial College London
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Inductees of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
- Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- Muslim scholars
- Nishan-e-Imtiaz
- Nobel laureates in Physics
- Recipients of the Copley Medal
- Pakistani academics
- Pakistani physicists
- Pakistani scientists
- Pakistani scholars
- Pakistani Muslims
- Ravians
- Theoretical physicists
- Pakistani Ahmadis
- Royal Medal winners
- Pakistani Nobel laureates