Cosmic anger : Abdus Salam - the first Muslim Nobel scientist / [electronic resource]
by Fraser, Gordon.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 305 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780191708954 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Salam, Abdus, 1926-1996 | Physicists -- Pakistan -- Biography | Nobel Prize winners -- Pakistan -- BiographyOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Abdus Salam was the first citizen of Pakistan to win a Nobel Prize, but he was branded as a heretic and excommunicated from his home country, where his achievements are often overlooked even besmirched. Instead, he acted out his dreams on a wider stage, as a citizen of the world.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abdus Salam was the first citizen of Pakistan to win a Nobel Prize, but he was branded as a heretic and excommunicated from his home country, where his achievements are often overlooked even besmirched. Instead, he acted out his dreams on a wider stage, as a citizen of the world.
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