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Abdus Salam

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Mohammad Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Glashow for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1926 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1926-01-29 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1996-11-21 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1996 1
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Sheldon Glashow, Scientists

Shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for the electroweak unification theory. Glashow's own lead states the underlying research reaching the same result was carried out independently by each laureate, not as a joint project.

Additional Source Sheldon Glashow (Wikipedia)Lead section, Sheldon Glashow

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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Mohammad Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Glashow "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current".
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: 1926-01-29
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: 1926-01-29
  • Infobox (death-date)
    Died: 1996-11-21
  • Infobox (death-year)
    Died: 1996-11-21
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Sheldon Glashow (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Sheldon Glashow, Lead section, Sheldon Glashow
Quote, Associated With: Sheldon Glashow, Lead section, Sheldon Glashow
He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current".
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