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Physics for a changing world

Nature Physics volume 6, pages 828–829 (2010)Cite this article

Fifty years ago, Abdus Salam envisaged a 'world centre' for theorists. Now the institute that he founded is adapting to a changing world and to changing ways of doing science.

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  1. Gordon Fraser is a former editor of CERN Courier. Cosmic Anger, his biography of Abdus Salam, will be reissued next year by Oxford University Press. gordon.fraser@orange.fr,

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Fraser, G. Physics for a changing world. Nature Phys 6, 828–829 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1830

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