Cosmic Anger: Abdus Salam - The First Muslim Nobel Scientist

Zusatztext I thoroughly enjoyed this book! which is very well written! and would rate it as essential reading for all particle physicists who wish to be well informed about the background to their subject ... The book is to be strongly recommended to research students as part of their education. It will also be of great interest to non-physicist readers who wish to see more deeply into the human side of science. Informationen zum Autor Educated Imperial College, London (BSc 1st class honours, Physics and Mathematics, 1964; PhD, Theory of Elementary Particles, 1967) . During the 1960s, Fraser wrote some short-story fiction as a hobby. By 1970 Fraser combined two very different interests by becoming a reporter for Computer Weekly and later returned to science as an in-house writer and editor at major laboratories. From 1980-2002 Fraser was Editor of CERN Courier, the monthly magazine of theinternational high energy physics community. He has given talks at university science departments, in a mosque, and for TV programmes. Klappentext Biography of Abdus Salam, the first citizen of Pakistan to win a Nobel Prize, who was nevertheless branded as a heretic and excommunicated from his home country, where his achievements are often overlooked, even besmirched. Instead, he acted out his dreams on an wider stage, as a citizen of the world. Zusammenfassung Biography of Abdus Salam, the first citizen of Pakistan to win a Nobel Prize, who was nevertheless branded as a heretic and excommunicated from his home country, where his achievements are often overlooked, even besmirched. Instead, he acted out his dreams on an wider stage, as a citizen of the world.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Fraser
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2012
• EAN: 9780199697120
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969712-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, History of Science, Physics, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Particle and high-energy physics, Social groups: religious groups and communities, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle