Abdus Salam
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Job / Known for: Theoretical physicist and professor
Left traces: work on electroweak theory, grand unified theory,
Born
Date: 1926-01-29
Location: PK Jhang, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
Died
Date: 1996-11-21 (aged 70)
Resting place: IT Putney Vale Cemetery
Death Cause: Parkinson's disease
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Spouse: Amtul Hafeez Begum
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Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and a professor of physics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He received his MSc and PhD in physics from Imperial College London under the supervision of Paul Matthews and Abdus Salam. He worked at various institutions, including the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals on topics such as electroweak theory, grand unified theory, quantum mechanics, and cosmology. He was also a devout Muslim, who believed that science and religion were compatible and complementary. He quoted the Quran in his Nobel acceptance speech and advocated for the development of science and technology in the Muslim world. He received many awards and honors, including the Smith's Prize, the Adams Prize, the Royal Medal, the Matteucci Medal, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, and the Copley Medal. He died of Parkinson's disease in Oxford, England, on 21 November 1996. He was 70 years old.
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