Cosmic anger Abdus Salam - the first Muslim Nobel scientist
Abdus Salam was the first citizen of Pakistan to win a Nobel Prize, but he was branded as a heretic and excommunicated from his home country, where his achievements are often overlooked even besmirched. Instead, he acted out his dreams on a wider stage, as a citizen of the world
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008, 2008
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Abdus Salam was the first citizen of Pakistan to win a Nobel Prize, but he was branded as a heretic and excommunicated from his home country, where his achievements are often overlooked even besmirched. Instead, he acted out his dreams on a wider stage, as a citizen of the world |
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Physical Description: | xiii, 305 p., [16] p. of plates ill., maps |
ISBN: | 9780191708954 019170895X |