مسلمانوں کا نیوٹن ۔ ڈاکٹر عبدالسلام — Page 401
391 numerous political difficulties that inevitably accompany an international project of this kind۔Abdus Salam was a member of the Ahmadiyya branch of the Islamic religion and would sometimes lead prayers for fellow Muslims visiting the Center in Trieste۔Although his membership of this particular sect caused some difficulties in his relationships with his home country, he never forgot his natural affiliation with the developing nations۔He was also deeply concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and served on many high-level committees involved in the promotion of international peace and collaboration and in the development of peaceful uses of atomic energy۔Salam's outstanding scientific and political achievements were recognized in many ways in addition to his receipt of the Nobel Prize۔He was elected to fellowship of the Royal Society at an early age and received its Copley Medal in 1990۔He was elected a member of scientific academies & societies in 24 countries and received a large number of honorary degrees۔He was made an honorary KBE in 1989۔He received nine medals for his contribution towards peace and the promotion of international collaboration۔On a personal level, Salam was a striking man۔Any young scientist who had the privilege of working closely with him invariably found it to be an exhilarating and character-forming experience۔In addition to his great intellectual gifts, Salam had a genuine sense of humor, including that rarest of qualities of being able to laugh at himself۔A warm twinkle would often accompany his more unorthodox suggestions as to how exactly the foundation of physics should be revolutionized۔Abdus Salam was twice married۔He had one son and three daughters by his first marriage and a son and a daughter by the second۔View of the Enrico Fermi Building on the campus of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)۔Trieste, Italy, site of the secretariat of the Third World Acad- emy of Sciences (TWAS)۔