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<p>Create quantum physics biography page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox scientist<br /> | name = Abdus Salam<br /> | image = Abdus_Salam.jpg<br /> | caption = Abdus Salam in 1987<br /> | birth_date = 29 January 1926<br /> | birth_place = Jhang, Punjab, British India<br /> | death_date = 21 November 1996<br /> | death_place = Oxford, England<br /> | fields = Theoretical physics<br /> | workplaces = Imperial College London; International Centre for Theoretical Physics<br /> | alma_mater = Government College University; University of Cambridge<br /> | known_for = Electroweak theory; Pati-Salam model; theoretical particle physics<br /> | awards = Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Abdus Salam&#039;&#039;&#039; (29 January 1926 - 21 November 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who made major contributions to electroweak unification and particle physics. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with [[Biography:Sheldon Glashow|Sheldon Glashow]] and [[Biography:Steven Weinberg|Steven Weinberg]] for work on the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1979/salam/biographical/ |title=Abdus Salam - Biographical |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach |access-date=20 May 2026}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Salam was also a strong advocate for scientific development in the Global South. He founded the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, which became an important institution for supporting researchers from developing countries.<br /> <br /> == Electroweak theory ==<br /> Salam&#039;s electroweak work helped establish a gauge-theory description of weak and electromagnetic forces. Together with the Higgs mechanism and related symmetry-breaking ideas, this became a foundation of the [[Physics:Quantum Standard Model|Standard Model]].<br /> <br /> His broader theoretical work included particle classification, unification ideas, and the Pati-Salam model. These topics connect [[Physics:Quantum gauge field|gauge fields]], [[Physics:Quantum Electroweak theory|electroweak theory]], and attempts to go beyond the Standard Model.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Physics:Quantum Electroweak theory]]<br /> * [[Physics:Quantum Standard Model]]<br /> * [[Physics:Quantum gauge field]]<br /> * [[Biography:Steven Weinberg]]<br /> * [[Biography:Sheldon Glashow]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist|3}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Salam, Abdus}}<br /> [[Category:Nobel laureates in Physics]]<br /> [[Category:Quantum physicists]]<br /> [[Category:Theoretical physicists]]<br /> <br /> {{Sourceattribution|Biography:Abdus Salam|1}}</div>

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