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21/11/1996 Muslim physicist dies

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Dr Abdus Salam interview.

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Weak Interaction: The Four Fundamental Forces of Physics #2

Pakistani theoretical physicist Abdus Salam died. He made major contribution to unification of two fundamental forces: the weak force and the electromagnetic force. Salam predicted the existence of new important particles, Z and W bosons (Americans Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Lee Glashow came to same conclusion). The bosons were discovered in 1983.