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Cosmic anger : Abdus Salam - the first Muslim Nobel scientist / by Gordon Fraser.

Author/creator Fraser, Gordon, 1943-
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxiii, 305 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Physics
Subject(s)
Salam, Abdus, 1926-1996.
Physicists--Pakistan --Biography.
Nobel Prize winners--Pakistan --Biography.
Contents A turban in Stockholm -- The tapestry of a subcontinent -- Messiahs, mahdis, and ahmadis -- A mathematical childhood -- From mathematics to physics -- The men who knew infinities -- Not so splendid isolation -- 'Think of something better' -- The arrogant theory -- Uniting Nations of science -- Trieste -- Electroweak -- Quark liberation front -- Demise -- Prejudice and pride.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-294) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008000391
ISBN9780199208463
ISBN0199208468

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