bio- Abdus Salam

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Abdus Salam was born in Jhang, a small town in what is
now Pakistan, in 1926. His father was an official in
the Department of Education in a poor farming
district. His family has a long tradition of piety and
learning.

When he cycled home from Lahore, at the age of 14,
after gaining the highest marks ever recorded for the
Matriculation Examination at the University of the
Punjab, the whole town turned out to welcome him. He
won a scholarship to Government College, University of
the Punjab, and took his MA in 1946. In the same year
he was awarded a scholarship to St. John's College,
Cambridge, where he took a BA (honours) with a double
First in mathematics and physics in 1949. In 1950 he
received the Smith's Prize from Cambridge University
for the most outstanding pre-doctoral contribution to
physics. He also obtained a PhD in theoretical physics
at Cambridge; his thesis, published in 1951, contained
fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics which had
already gained him an international reputation.

Salam returned to Pakistan in 1951 to teach
mathematics at Government College, Lahore, and in 1952
became head of the Mathematics Department of the
Punjab University. He had come back with the intention
of founding a school of research, but it soon became
clear that this was impossible. To pursue a career of
research in theoretical physics he had no alternative
at that time but to leave his own country and work
abroad. Many years later he succeeded in finding a way
to solve the heartbreaking dilemma faced by many young
and gifted theoretical physicists from developing
countries. At the ICTP, Trieste, which he created, he
instituted the famous "Associateships" which allowed
deserving young physicists to spend their vacations
there in an invigorating atmosphere, in close touch
with their peers in research and with the leaders in
their own field, losing their sense of isolation and
returning to their own country for nine months of the
academic year refreshed and recharged.

In 1954 Salam left his native country for a
lectureship at Cambridge, and since then has visited
Pakistan as adviser on science policy. His work for
Pakistan has, however, been far-reaching and
influential. He was a member of the Pakistan Atomic
Energy Commission, a member of the Scientific
Commission of Pakistan and was Chief Scientific
Adviser to the President from 1961 to 1974.

http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1979/salam-bio.html

Baktos,

Rahman, Wassenaar/NL


                
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