here are people whose itobiogtpies are iterary aueceses, tere ae a few whose ctfors nine same dvecion are Spore. And there area few Guners” who ‘havent wren them yet ba who soul Abdu Scie fae au las entegory ‘Thesuecesssoryofeboy tema {inallmarkettownin the Indian Sibecontineat (a0 it Pakistan) whe became sie ‘tof intemational repute, ba fing the Nobel Prize, would be fotonly inspiring in del but, coming rom the horse's mouth, {ellusofthe agoniesandesstas” {es ofa ereetve and embiious mind, ‘Sil, Slam es chosen nto wate one, and'we have todo i a biography insted, {lod thatthe tempt was made Byte scence wero proven ‘Svard-winnng”euthor sll IRumility when approaching the {ask He writes fe prefage:s| ‘with Salam could give usa sell Boor hte ties fur ashe has ‘sharply defined a picture as 1 ‘ould of his work aad character aswel a ofthe personales Sndeventsthatexereseds deck Sveinfuenceuponit “Te book reflects his aser- on Talny fatty, Beginning a Te. Begin the sor nies us through Selemsforma- ive years in his ative town [Bting and then Lahore ending Saga of Buenas Sarita ar ees ements feet, dae See i aac ‘er fo Years he was back in Setanta meena re eneeneae mae Gare So Pree pee Year of dblivion when he wa Beccles Epes ae ihe mare tbe eaterie amt ibe esr INDEPENDENT 5/9192 0 a sage scientist Jayant Narlikar reviews Jagjit Singh's book on the life and times of ‘Nobel Prize winning Pakistani theoretical physicist, Abdus Salam. nis. His Ph. Dworkon guan- fm electrodynamics mas Ta lowed by highly peneepuve for ys ito strong and weak inter ions ineloding part vole. tion for which he came ose to the Nobel Prize. Thet was to ome, however, two decades {erforiis work onthe unifies: ton of electrodynamics and ‘weak interactions. “The author very well handles there technical accounts inthe following six chapters, Wale Salam hs alveady crated. fiche for himself in dhe annals Gt science, he has been tore Thanescieits, Theauoreals hm sage stents the sage in him reflecing his commitment tothe developing nations, 10 ‘restingan ebiosefscence and techno in theo barren hepters ply eserbe ths ‘commitment that rove, the Sage toll comer of te globe, ‘ong perevasion and betone {international forum, before head fgoneromenis wer fever tat action might possibly ict rats Bt a any fancludes will hess) words ‘Salam too sas active as ever tnd on the move despite his Acton. The only discernable ‘change ls that His globe con cxrt, em Yow 1 Nin et Smee Scientists "trom numerous somes ites te mag eee etre aes cor censeter eas cayonacrny sca es select tees ee ete ey eae Shae eS Reese RS see en Brite a iat seetchscrenere Sey ee Nan sperm areas Ses hs oo an, a "he sees of cimedenees snmp pS so eastreaten ao Saeco mechan cat reese agitate ca cus reese eer re SEAS a ‘dom grow bythe dozen but are So Sing 2 few wan of ‘ppartumiies? The reader may ‘SPecalatean ne sue But this does. highligh the Importance oSalam's efforts at fetingupcentresiine te ICT. Mitnoteminepiteofhisrebgsous Ccvnchons, Gaoats eons 2 thie fei covered non-slamie Siwell at islamic caus, the ‘Table fof Appendix Fin the took curiously enough pres fntsdaie oly onthe latter How ‘manyvisitrs cameo CTP Aur Ing 1070-859 Teble Les ustnat Egypt wath 691 leads te ist ef Arbiimt counties, ae ‘nly afer searching. trovah ‘Table tha one incover the number from. India as early double, a 286 ‘Gn the production side the ‘ool could have: been made ‘more attractive by adding more otoerape from Slant ie Even those tht are included ‘ouldhavebeenbetterreprodu- ‘ced There fam curious error on the fist page, Under the tlle "Abd Salam’ there is beet | description about git Singh “th many pluses fortis book the one imus that ea Poin toi he ack of personal Fappor between the author and Ihesubjectof the Biography. As erealtherederaotels ait personality "Thieakes one wish {emg with estar) th lam would one’ day ite sbouthimelt Asus Salam: A biography by Jase Singh Penesin, 199%, pager215, R125