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Abdus Salam (1926-96)

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Abdus Salam, a physicist who died on Nov. 21, 1996, was a major contributor to the theory of elementary particles known as the Standard Model. He was one of the first to understand the importance of Yang-Mills theory in the characterization of the weak nuclear forces. He and Robert Delbourgo defined a potential violation, by the quantum effects of chiral fermions, of the equivalence principle in general relativity. He played a major role in the establishment of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Salam, Abdus

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Charles Oatley (1904-96)

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Physicist Sir Charles Oatley died in Cambridge, England, on March 11, 1996. As a professor of electrical engineering, he became instrumental in the development of the scanning electron microscope (SEM). Oatley was knighted in 1974. He realized the significance of the SEM and assigned a research student to work on it despite opposition from many experts. His continued efforts at improving the SEM was fruitful with its wide applications in many scientific areas.

Innovations, Scanning electron microscopes, Oatley, Charles

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Sir Frederick Charles Frank (1911 - 98)

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Top physicist Sir Frederick Charles Frank, born in 1991, has died at the age of 87. Frank worked at the University of Bristol in Bristol, England, for thirty years, where he became a research fellow and department head. He was an expert in modern solid-state physics. He was a kind individual who received a knighthood at the age of 66. Frank leaves a widow behind.

Frank, Frederick Charles

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