Abdus Salam

• Salam was born in Jhang, a small town in what is now Pakistan. 
• His father was an official in the Department of Education for a poor farming region. 
• At 14, he gained the highest entrance exam marks recorded by the University of the Punjab.
• In 1946, he was awarded a scholarship to St. John’s College, Cambridge.
• Salam won The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 for his contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles.
• At the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, he instituted ‘Associateships’ for deserving young physicists that brought together students and subject experts.

Text: Books, Et Al. (2020). The life and legacy of Nobel laureate Muhammad Abdus Salam come into focus in a new film. [online] Available at: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2018/10/10/salam/ [Accessed 18 Feb. 2020]. 
Image: NobelPrize.org. (2020). The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979. [online] Available at: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1979/salam/biographical/ [Accessed 18 Feb. 2020]. 

Author: Efe Otobrise (2020) LJMU Student

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