Dr. Abdus Salam :: biographies biography bio

Dr. Salam was born(p) in the small village of Jhang, present day Pakistan in 1926 where he attended the first few years of school. His father was an official in the Department of Education for the poor farming district. A fast learner Dr. Salam attended the University of the Punjab at the age of 13 and at the age of 14 he get the highest numbers ever recorder for the Matriculation interrogative at the university. Due to his outstanding grades he received a luxuriant scholarship to the Government College, University of Punjab.In 1946 he obtained his MA in physical science and then that very same year he was awarded with a scholarship to St. Johns College, Cambridge where he got a double BA with honors in mathematics and physics in 1949 and then a Ph. D in Theoretical physics from Cambridge in 1952. At this point in his he had already received the Smiths Prize by the University of Cambridge for the most outstanding pre-doctoral contribution to physics (1950). therefore in 1951 D r. Salam returned to his roots to teach mathematics at the Government College, Lahore, Pakistan. Since Dr. Salam was a man who was very devoted to his religion and because he belonged to the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, considered heterodox by many Muslims, he decided to leave his be have sexd Pakistan when the imperfection of being a part of the Ahmadiyya sect became too much and the acknowledgment that he would not be able to continue his research in physics in such conditions. So in 1954 Dr. Salam left Pakistan for a lectureship at Cambridge.After many years of contributions to the world of physics at many different schools and institutions, including, Cambridge, London University, Imperial College of London, Institute of Advanced pack in Princeton, and many others, in 1979 Dr. Salam received a Nobel Prize in physics for the work he had done in the electroweak theory, which is the mathematical and conceptual synthesis of the electromagnetic and weak interactions-the latest stage re ached until now on the path towards the unification of the fundamental forces of nature. Salam, Sheldon Glashow, and Steven Weinberg arrived at the theory independently and overlap the prize. (http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdus_Salam). At this point he finally felt he had gotten the love of his beloved Pakistan and served on many Pakistani comities.Quantum Electrodynamics or QED is the quantum landing field theory which describes the properties of the electromagnetic forces. All forces or interactions of nature are pattern to be comprised of 4 basic forces, Gravity, Electromagnetism, Strong nuclear force, and the Weak nuclear force.