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Mohammad Abdus Salam [4] [5] [6] (/ s æ ˈ l æ m /; pronounced [əbd̪ʊs səlaːm]; 29 January 1926 – 21 November 1996) [7] was a Pakistani theoretical physicist.He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. [8]
Year Portrait Laureate Subject Rationale 1979 Abdus Salam: Physics Awarded jointly to Sheldon Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg – "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" [2] [3] 2014 ...
(Abdus Salam was a theoretical physicist who became the first Pakistani and the first Muslim to be awarded the Nobel Prize in the sciences.) "Dr. Abdus Salam: Nobel Laureate in Physics" "Tawakul Karman speaks: Islam Supports Democracy", 'Onislam', December 10, 2011
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
The Abdus Salam Award (sometimes called the Salam Prize), is a most prestigious award that is awarded annually to Pakistani nationals [1] to the field of chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
A group of 77 Nobel laureates — a coalition from the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry and economics — wrote an open letter to the Senate on Monday urging lawmakers to reject Robert F ...
Nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics too. Winston Churchill (1874–1965) 1945, 1950 United Kingdom: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940–1945, 1951–1955) Churchill was nominated for his efforts to end World War II. Won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature. [56] Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) 1945, 1948 Soviet Union
The Committee invites qualified individuals to submit nominations for the Prize each year. [2] Nomination of oneself is not permitted. There have been years when the prize was not given out despite the annual invitations and selections because of the start of World War I (1914, 1915, 1916, and 1918), World War II (1939–1943), and some ...