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Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.


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"The creation of Physics is the shared heritage of all mankind. East and West, North and South have equally participated in it. "

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"Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked."

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Dr.Abdus Salam :

"Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind."

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"In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles."

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"From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible. "

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Dr.Abdus Salam

Mohammad Abdus Salam,[2] NI, SPk [3] (Urdu: ???? ??? ??????, pronounced English pronunciation: /?bd??s s?l?m/, (January 29, 1926– November 21, 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the electroweak unification of the electromagnetic and weak forces. Salam, Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg shared the 1979 Nobel prize for this discovery.Salam holds the distinction of being the first Pakistani and the first Muslim Nobel Laureate to receive the prize in the sciences. Salam was a science advisor to the Government of Pakistan from 1960 till 1974, a position from which he played a major and influential role in Pakistan's science infrastructure.Salam was responsible for not only major development and contribution in theoretical and particle physics, but as well as promoting scientific research at maximum level in his country.Salam was the founding director of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), and responsible for the establishment of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) in Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).As Science Advisor, Salam played an integral role in Pakistan's development on peaceful use of nuclear energy, and directed the research on development of weapons in 1972; for this, he is viewed as the "scientific father of this programme in the views of the scientists who researched under his scientific umbrella.In 1974, Salam left Pakistan in protest when Pakistan Parliament controversially passed a parliamentary bill declaring Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as Non-Muslims. Even after his death, Salam remained one of the most influential scientists in his country. In 1998, following the country's nuclear tests, the Government of Pakistan issued a commemorative stamp, as a part of "Scientists of Pakistan", to honour the services of Salam.

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