Abdus Salam

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Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in electroweak unification and for advancing scientific research in developing countries.

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Nobel laureate Abdus Salam 2
Mohammad Abdus Salam 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate
human
theoretical physicist
academicDegree BA in Mathematics
MA in Mathematics
PhD in Theoretical Physics
awardReceived Adams Prize
Atiyah–Bott Prize
Copley Medal
Hughes Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
Royal Medal
burialPlace Rabwah, Punjab, Pakistan
causeOfDeath progressive supranuclear palsy
countryOfCitizenship Pakistan
dateOfBirth 1926-01-29
dateOfDeath 1996-11-21
educatedAt Government College, Lahore
surface form: Government College University, Lahore

St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
University of the Punjab
employer Government College, Lahore
surface form: Government College University, Lahore

Imperial College London
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
familyName Salam
fieldOfWork electroweak theory
particle physics
quantum field theory
theoretical physics
founded International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
surface form: Third World Academy of Sciences
fullName Abdus Salam self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mohammad Abdus Salam
givenName Abdus
knownFor Salam–Weinberg model
surface form: Glashow–Weinberg–Salam theory

Salam–Weinberg model
electroweak unification
gauge theory
promotion of science in developing countries
memberOf Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (advisory role)
Royal Society
NobelPrizeCategory Physics
NobelPrizeYear 1979
notableStudent Fayyazuddin
Riazuddin
placeOfBirth Jhang
Punjab
surface form: Punjab, British India
placeOfDeath Oxford
Oxfordshire
surface form: Oxfordshire, England
positionHeld Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London
Science Advisor to the Government of Pakistan
religion Ahmadiyya
Islam
sexOrGender male
sharedNobelPrizeWith Sheldon Glashow
surface form: Sheldon Lee Glashow

Steven Weinberg
workLocation Islamabad
London, England
surface form: London

Trieste, Italy
surface form: Trieste

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Dirac Prize associatedWith Abdus Salam
subject surface form: Rabwah
Sheldon Glashow coAuthor Abdus Salam
quantum field theory developedBy Abdus Salam
Michael Green doctoralAdvisor Abdus Salam
Walter Gilbert doctoralAdvisor Abdus Salam
Abdus Salam fullName Abdus Salam self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mohammad Abdus Salam
Tom Kibble hasAcademicAdvisor Abdus Salam
this entity surface form: Nobel laureate Abdus Salam
subject surface form: Rabwah
this entity surface form: Nobel laureate Abdus Salam
Rudolf Peierls notableStudent Abdus Salam
W boson wasPredictedBy Abdus Salam