Physics for the poor. (Abdus Salam's International Centre for Theoretical Physics) (Science and Technology)

The Economist (US) | November 18, 1989 | Copyright

Physics for the poor

IN 1949 a 23-year-old Pakistani called Abdus Salam earned a first-class degree in physics from Cambridge University in only one year, an almost unheard-of achievement. In 1950 he solved a problem in mathematical physics that had been holding up theorists, and became famous (at least among particle physicists) overnight. Then in 1951 he returned to his native Pakistan, and found himself isolated. Without a library and bereft of colleagues, the only theoretical physicist in the country spent three years doing little more rewarding than managing ...

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