Late Pakistani physicist linked to 'God particle' shunned over religious beliefs
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 10:01
in Astronomy & Space
The pioneering work of Abdus Salam, Pakistan's only Nobel laureate, helped lead to the apparent discovery of the subatomic Higgs boson, or "God particle," last week, but the late physicist is no hero at home, where his name has been stricken from school textbooks.