Jamal Nazrul Islam

Jamal Nazrul Islam
Islam in 2010
Born	24 February 1939 (1939-02-24) (age 73) Jhenaidah, Bangladesh
Fields	Mathematical physics Cosmology
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Calcutta

Jamal Nazrul Islam (Bengali: জামাল নজরুল ইসলাম) is a Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist. He is a professor at Chittagong University and a member of the advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. He is the director of the Research Centre for Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Chittagong University.

Early life and education

Jamal Nazrul Islam was born on 24 February 1939 in Jhenaidah, Bangladesh. He studied at Chittagong Collegiate School, going on to Lawrence College in Marit, West Pakistan where he passed the Senior Cambridge and Higher Senior Cambridge exams. He received a BSc degree from St. Xavier's College at the University of Calcutta.^[1] He again obtained a BA and an MA from Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2]

Islam obtained his PhD in applied mathematics and theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge in 1968, followed by a DSc in 1982.^[1]

Rotating Fields in General Relativity. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521260825. ,1985. Translated in Japanese, French, Portugese, Italian, Yugoslav
Classical General Relativity: Proceedings of the Conference on Classical (Non-Quantum) General Relativity. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521267471. , 1983.
An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521373859. , 1992.
The Ultimate Fate of the Universe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521248140. ,1983.
Sky and Telescope, Cambridge University Press. Translated in Spanish.
The Far Future of the Universe, Cambridge University Press. Translated in German, Dutch, Italian.
Introduction to Mathematical Economics and Social Choice, Cambridge University Press.