Tahir Hussain (physicist)
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Born | 1923 Ishfaq Ahmad Samar Mubarakmand |
Tahir Hussain (1923– 21 December 2010), was a Pakistani
Biography
Hussain was born in 1923 in
On a scholarship, Hussain went to the United Kingdom to attend
In the 1950s–60s, he visited the United States as a post-doctoral fellow at the State University of New York, University of Chicago, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as visiting Harvard University and Stanford University in California.[3] He also visited Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and upon returning, he established the Nuclear Research Laboratory in Lahore based on Lawrence Livermore while updating the teaching program in physics at his university.: 74 [3]
In 1965–69, he was appointed as
In 1972, Hussain was delegated to provide consultation on the studies of
Throughout his career, Hussain remained on the teaching faculty at the Government College University, and wrote a college physics book, Fundamentals of Physics in 1970, which has been published in new editions since.[7] Tahir Hussain died on 21 December 2010 aged 87. A condolence reference for Hussain, was organized in Government College University in Lahore.[8]
Textbooks
- Husain, Dr Tahir (1970). Fundamentals of Physics (1st ed.). Lahore, Punj. Pakistan: Qaumi Kutub Khana. p. 305. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
Quotes
- "From the theory that I taught, my students produced results".[1]
Awards
- Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1965)
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Tahir Hussain". nazariapak.info. Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b Newspaper, the (21 December 2010). "Nuclear physicist Dr Husain dies". DAWN.COM. Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan: Dawn Newspaper. Dawn. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Hussain, PhD, Tahir (12 April 2006). "Physics Education in Pakistan: An Account of the Early Decades" (PDF). www.comsats.org. Islamabad, Pakistan: COMSATS. p. 227. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Who's who in Atoms. Vallancey Press. 1969.
- ^ ."Center For Advance Studies in Physics (CASP)". Government College University press. Chief Librarian GC University Library. 2001. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Rehman, Shahid-Ur- (October 1972), The Nuclear Physics Group at PAEC
- ^ "Fundamentals of physics". Retrieved 28 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Condolence". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 28 April 2020.