Cosmic anger : Abdus Salam - the first Muslim Nobel scientist /
This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in his own country. His achievements are often overlooked, even besmirched. Realizing that the whole world had to be his stage...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in his own country. His achievements are often overlooked, even besmirched. Realizing that the whole world had to be his stage, he pioneered the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, a vital focus of Third World science which remains as his monument. A staunch Muslim, he was ashamed of thedecline of science in the heritage of Islam, and struggled doggedly to restore it to its former glory. Undermined by. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191549090 0191549096 1281852465 9781281852465 |