Abdus Salam

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Physicist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkb:International_Centre_for_Theoretical_Physics
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Lavoisier_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:UNESCO_Kalinga_Prize
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Pakistan_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:birth_date January 29, 1926
gptkbp:children three
gptkbp:contribution unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction
gptkbp:death_date November 21, 1996
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Punjabi
gptkbp:field gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:Physics
gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
mathematical physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Abdus Salam
gptkbp:influenced Nobel Prize winners
scientific community in developing countries
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:known_for electroweak theory
contributions to particle physics
work on quantum electrodynamics
work on neutrino physics
work on particle interactions
contributions to the Standard Model of particle physics
Salam-Weinberg model
advocacy for science in developing countries
promoting scientific research in the Third World
work on the implications of particle physics for cosmology
work on gauge theory
work on quantum chromodynamics
work on symmetry breaking
work on the Higgs mechanism
work on the electromagnetic force
work on the role of gauge invariance
work on the unification of forces in physics
work on the weak nuclear force
work on the implications of the Standard Model for the universe.
work on the development of theoretical frameworks in physics
founding the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
work on the relationship between particle physics and astrophysics
theoretical contributions to the unification of forces
gptkbp:nationality Pakistani
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Jhang,_Punjab,_British_India
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:spouse Cecilia Salam
gptkbp:work Theoretical Physics Group
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nobel_Memorial_Prize
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5