Abdus Salam – Theoretical Physicist Nobel Prize for Physics (1926- 1996)
Abdus Salam broke many barriers to become the first Muslim Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize for science. He lived in Oxford.
About Abdus Salam:
- Kibble. (1998). Muhammad Abdus Salam, K. B. E.. 29 January 1926–21 November 1996. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 44, 387–401. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1998.0025
- Abdus Salam – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1979/salam/biographical/
Further resources:
- Alexis De Greiff A. (2006). Abdus Salam: A Migrant Scientist in Post-Imperial Times. Economic and Political Weekly, 41(3), 228–234. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4417701
- Luptonga (2013); Leading pakistani Scientist Effusively Praising Great Indian Nuclear Physicist Dr. Homi Bhabha [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/CIgr_vnuZxc?si=vKJjtjbk0f7zZnEF
- Fraser, Gordon. Cosmic Anger Abdus Salam – the First Muslim Nobel Scientist. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Print. Available in SOLO. http://tinyurl.com/48w8unnf
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