Abdus Salam

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Biography

Theoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient

  • Primary profession
  • Actor
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 29 January 1926
  • Place of birth
  • Jhang
  • Death date
  • 1996-11-21
  • Death age
  • 70
  • Place of death
  • Oxford
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Spouses
  • Louise Johnson
  • Education
  • St John's College· Cambridge·Government College University· Lahore
  • Member of
  • Russian Academy of Sciences·Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union·The World Academy of Sciences·Hungarian Academy of Sciences·Pontifical Academy of Sciences·American Academy of Arts and Sciences·Accademia nazionale delle scienze·Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences·National Academy of Sciences

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Quotes

In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.

Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked. .

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