Jamal Nazrul Islam | |
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জামাল নজরুল ইসলাম | |
 Islam in 2012 inChittagong | |
| Born | (1939-02-24)24 February 1939 |
| Died | 16 March 2013(2013-03-16) (aged 74) Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Resting place | Garibullah Shah Mazar Graveyard |
| Education | DSc (1982) PhD (1964) MSc (1960) BSc (1959) |
| Alma mater | Chattogram Collegiate School University of Cambridge University of Calcutta |
| Known for | The Ultimate Fate of the Universe Classical General Relativity Proceedings of the Conference on Classical(Non-Quantum) General Relativity Rotating Fields in General Relativity Black hole theory Cosmology equation An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | full list |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics Applied mathematics Mathematical physics Cosmology General relativity Quantum field theory |
Jamal Nazrul IslamFRAS (24 February 1939 – 16 March 2013) was a Bangladeshimathematical physicist andcosmologist.[1] He was a professor atUniversity of Chittagong, served as a member of the advisory board atShahjalal University of Science and Technology and member of the syndicate atChittagong University of Engineering & Technology until his death.[2] He also served as the director of the Research Center for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (RCMPS) at theUniversity of Chittagong. He was awardedEkushey Padak in 2000 by theGovernment of Bangladesh.[3]
Jamal Nazrul Islam was born on 24 February 1939 inJhenaidah. His ancestral home is at Jujkhola Narayanhat ofFatikchhari Upazila ofChittagong District,East Bengal. His father, Khan Bahadur Sirajul Islam, was a sub-judge inBritish India. Because of his father's job, Islam spent his early school years inCalcutta. He studied atChittagong Collegiate School and College until ninth grade and then he went toLawrence College, Murree inWest Pakistan to pass theSenior Cambridge andHigher Senior Cambridge exams. He received aBSc degree fromSt. Xavier's College at theUniversity of Calcutta. In 1959, he got his Honors in Functional Mathematics and Theoretical Physics fromCambridge University. He completed his master's degree in 1960. As a student of theTrinity College, he finished theMathematical Tripos. Islam obtained hisPhD inapplied mathematics andtheoretical physics fromTrinity College, Cambridge in 1968, followed by aDSc in 1982.[4]
Islam worked in the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (later amalgamated toInstitute of Astronomy, Cambridge) from 1967 until 1971. Later he worked as a researcher inCalifornia Institute of Technology andUniversity of Washington. During 1973–1974, he served as the faculty of Applied Mathematics ofKing's College London. In 1978, he then joined the faculty ofCity University London until he returned toChittagong in 1984. In 2006, he was madeProfessor Emeritus at the University of Chittagong.[5]
His research areas includedapplied mathematics,theoretical physics,mathematical physics, the theories ofgravitation,general relativity,mathematical cosmology, andquantum field theory. Islam authored, coauthored or edited more than 50 scientific articles, books and some popular articles published in various scientific journals. Besides this he has also written books inBengali. Particularly noteworthy areBlack Hole, published by theBangla Academy, "The Mother Tongue, Scientific Research and other Articles" and "Art, Literature and Society". The latter two are compilations.
In 1997, Islam was invited to the International Symposium on Mathematical Physics in memory ofSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar with a special session on Abdus Salam arranged by Calcutta Mathematical Society in Kolkata-India. Professor Narayan Chandra Ghosh, a mathematician of India, was director of the noted symposium.
Islam held a deep love for his homeland of Bangladesh, returning there after earning his PhD and DSc, after the 1971 independence war. He is said to have always advised people to return to their motherland after finishing their studies abroad.[6]
He had a wife and two daughters, who survived his death. In his own time, he was known to be a singer, delighting in the songs ofRabindranath Tagore. Additionally, he was a student ofSufism and was also a social activist dedicated to the alleviation of poverty in Bangladesh.[7]
Islam died on 16 March 2013 inChittagong at the age of 74, having been admitted to the hospital two days prior with diabetes and other issues.[8][9][10][11] Threefuneral prayers were held for him, the first at Chittagong University mosque, the second at Shaheed Minar and the last near Garibullah Shah Mazar, where he was buried after the afternoon prayer.[12]
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