Abdus Salam: The passionate, compassionate man and, his masterpiece, the ICTP
| Autor: | Miguel Angel Virasoro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics Persuasion Great Man theory Flourishing media_common.quotation_subject Astronomy and Astrophysics Economic Justice Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Power (social and political) Politics Optimism Aesthetics Icon computer computer.programming_language media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Modern Physics A. 32:1741002 |
| ISSN: | 1793-656X 0217-751X |
| DOI: | 10.1142/s0217751x17410020 |
| Popis: | Abdus Salam was a great man in more than one dimension. The conception and building of the ICTP system required much more than the intelligence of a great scientist. I will stress those other facets that made him such a unique personality: the optimism that coloured his views about men and women, his love for his people and his commitment to the less favoured peoples of the world and a crucial ingredient, his deep and complex sense of ethical values that pushed him towards engagement in the political reality. Endowed with a formidable power of persuasion and a healthy lack of respect for norms or rules that are not based on justice he made a big difference on many of us and will remain as an icon for future generations. I will also describe the final touches that Salam’s collaborators and successors had to add to keep his heritage flourishing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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