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| Born | January 29, 1926, Jhang, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | November 21, 1996, Oxford, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | PAEC, SUPARCO, PINSTECH, Punjab University, Imperial College London, Government College University, University of Cambridge, ICTP, COMSATS, TWAS, Edward Bouchet Abdus Salam Institute |
| Alma mater | Government College University Lahore (BA), Punjab University (MA), St. John's College, Cambridge (PhD) |
| Thesis | Developments in quantum theory of fields (1952) |
| Other academic advisors | Paul Matthews |
| Doctoral students | Qaisar Shafi, Michael Duff, Daniel Afedzi Akyeampong, Ali Chamseddine, Robert Delbourgo, Walter Gilbert, John Moffat, Yuval Ne'eman, John Polkinghorne, Ray Streater, Riazuddin, Fayyazuddin, Masud Ahmad, Partha Ghose, Kamaluddin Ahmed, John Taylor, Ghulam Murtaza, Christopher Isham, Munir Ahmad Rashid, Peter West |
| Other notable students | Jonathan Ashmore, Faheem Hussain, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Abdul Hameed Nayyar, Ghulam Dastagir Alam |
| Known for | Electroweak theory, Goldstone boson, Grand Unified Theory, Higgs mechanism, Magnetic photon, Neutral current, Pati–Salam model, Quantum mechanics, Pakistan atomic research program, Pakistan space program, Preon, Standard Model, Strong gravity, Superfield, W and Z bosons |
| Influences | Paul Dirac |
| Notable awards | Smith's Prize (1950), Adams Prize (1958), Sitara-e-Pakistan (1959), Hughes Medal (1964), Atoms for Peace Prize (1968), Royal Medal (1978), Matteucci Medal (1978), Nobel Prize in Physics (1979), Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1979), Lomonosov Gold Medal (1983), Copley Medal (1990) |
| Children | 6 |
About Abdus Salam
Physicist Abdus Salam was born in Pakistan on January 29, 1926. He dies at the age of 70, on November 21, 1996.
This Pakistani scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his contribution in the physics branch of electroweak unification.
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Abdus Salam before becoming famous
Abdus Salam was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1926 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.
He got a doctorate in theoretical physics from Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory after receiving undergraduate degrees in mathematics and physics from Government College University, Lahore, and St. John's College, Cambridge.
Achievement of Abdus Salam
He worked as a scientific advisor to the Pakistani government in the 1960s and 1970s.
Abdus Salam's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
He had four children from his first marriage, and another daughter and boy from his second marriage to biophysics professor Louise Johnson.
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He solved one of the theoretical physics puzzles that had stymied Nobel Laureate American physicist Physicist Richard Feynman while a graduate student.
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