Abdus Salam

1979 Nobel Prize for Physics “for contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current.“

Prof. Salam, a Pakistani theoretical physicist, taught mathematics at Punjab University and has been a science policy advisor for Pakistan. He was also a professor of theoretical physics at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London. His work mainly focused on exploring the relationship between electromagnetic force and weak nuclear force.

Prof. Salam created the International Centre for Theoretical Physics - which operates under the authority of the IAEA. UNESCO and the Italian federal government - to encourage professional communication between scientists (b.1926 - d.1996).