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Podcast: Physics World Weekly Podcast (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Abdus Salam: celebrating a unifying force in global physicsPub date: 2024-08-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis podcast explores the extraordinary life of the Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam, who is celebrated for his ground-breaking theoretical work and for his championing of physics and physicists in developing countries.
In 1964, he founded the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy – which supports research excellence worldwide with a focus on physicists in the developing world. In 1979 Salam shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the unification of the weak and electromagnetic interactions.
Salam spent most of his career at Imperial College London and the university is gearing up to celebrate the centenary of his birth in January 2026. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, Imperial physicists Claudia de Rham and Ian Walmsley look back on the extraordinary life of Salam – who died in 1996. They also talk about the celebrations at Imperial College.
Image courtesy: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today CollectionThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Physics World, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
In 1964, he founded the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy – which supports research excellence worldwide with a focus on physicists in the developing world. In 1979 Salam shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the unification of the weak and electromagnetic interactions.
Salam spent most of his career at Imperial College London and the university is gearing up to celebrate the centenary of his birth in January 2026. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, Imperial physicists Claudia de Rham and Ian Walmsley look back on the extraordinary life of Salam – who died in 1996. They also talk about the celebrations at Imperial College.
Image courtesy: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today CollectionThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Physics World, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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