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Cosmic anger

Abdus Salam and the forces of nature

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An edition of Cosmic anger (2008)

Cosmic anger

Abdus Salam and the forces of nature

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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 the decline of science in the heritage of Islam, and struggled doggedly to restore it to its former glory. Undermined by his excommunication, these valiant efforts were doomed.

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Language
English
Pages
305

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Cosmic anger: Abdus Salam and the forces of nature
2008, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

A turban in Stockholm
The tapestry of a subcontinent
Messiahs, mahdis, and ahmadis
A mathematical childhood
From mathematics to physics
The men who knew infinities
Not so splendid isolation
'Think of something better'
The arrogant theory
Uniting Nations of science
Trieste
Electroweak
Quark liberation front
Demise
Prejudice and pride.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Oxford, New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
530.092, B
Library of Congress
QC16.S26 F73 2008, QC16.S26F73 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
305

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16413524M
Internet Archive
cosmicangerabdus0000fras
ISBN 13
9780199208463
LCCN
2008000391
OCLC/WorldCat
190761228
Library Thing
8536860
Goodreads
3564082

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