Abdus Salam
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Who was Abdus Salam?
Theoretical physicist who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the electroweak unification theory, becoming the first Pakistani Nobel laureate in science.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Abdus Salam (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Awards & Honors
| Award | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Physics | 1979 | for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current |
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