Science
Muslim Firsts in Science & Technology
From the first Muslim Nobel laureate in physics to pioneers in medicine and technology, these scientists expanded human knowledge.
2 firsts documented
science 1979 Who Was the First Muslim Nobel Prize Winner in Science? Abdus Salam Pakistani physicist who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for electroweak unification theory, a cornerstone of the Standard Model. science 1999 Who Was the First Muslim to Win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Ahmed Zewail Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail won the 1999 Nobel Prize for inventing femtochemistry, allowing scientists to observe chemical reactions in real time.