Historical Figure
Abdus Salam
1926–1996
Pakistani theoretical physicist (1926–1996)
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Key Dates
Birth
1926 January 29, 1926 →Biography
Mohammad Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Glashow "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". He was the first Pakistani, first Muslim scientist, and second person from any Muslim country to win a Nobel Prize.
Timeline
Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
September 16 →President of Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
December 12 →More from the Interwar & WWII
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