Abdus Salam: The Dream of Symmetry

Abdus Salam's accomplishments as a Physics Nobel Laureate and founder of ICTP are well known. Now, thanks to a documentary to be released 19 September at ICTP, the public can learn of Salam's extraordinary life journey, from a small town in what was then Punjab to his educational successes in Lahore and Cambridge, to his arrival in Trieste to open ICTP and to his acceptance of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm.

Titled "Abdus Salam: The Dream of Symmetry", the documentary will be shown at 18:00 in the Main Lecture Hall of the Leonardo Building.

The film was written by Giuseppe Mussardo, with the collaboration of Luisa Bonolis for the historical part, and directed by Diego Cenetiempo. ICTP sponsored the documentary in collaboration with the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World and the Consorzio per la Fisica.

For a preview of the documentary, click here.