Biography:Howard Burton
Howard Burton is a physicist who is the creator of Ideas Roadshow, a multimedia initiative dedicated to harnessing the benefits of modern technology to explore ideas across the arts and sciences through thoughtful and seriously-entertaining documentary films, books and podcasts.[1][2][3] Ideas Roadshow was the recipient of the Educational Learning Resources Award at the London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards in 2018.[4] Burton holds an M.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics,[5] and was the founding executive director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, from 1999–2007.[6] He received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Waterloo in 2007.[7]
His book First Principles: Building Perimeter Institute tells the history of the founding years of Perimeter Institute.[8][9]
References
- ↑ Semeniuk, Ivan (September 6, 2013), "The latest scientific breakthrough – wooing readers", The Globe and Mail, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/the-latest-scientific-breakthrough-wooing-readers/article14174358/
- ↑ Reisz, Matthew (May 28, 2015), "Video Interviews give scholars a platform to discuss work", Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/content/video-interviews-give-scholars-platform-discuss-work
- ↑ "Exercise that brain", The Economist, July 19, 2013, https://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2013/07/flight-entertainment/
- ↑ Anderson, Porter (April 10, 2018). "On London Book Fair’s Day One: The 2018 International Excellence Awards". Publishing Perspectives. https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/04/london-book-fair-international-excellence-awards-2018/.
- ↑ "Howard Burton". Friends of the Library. University of Waterloo. May 17, 2005. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180917110119/https://uwaterloo.ca/library/support/people-profiles/howard-burton. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Howard Burton |". http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/howard-burton.
- ↑ University of Waterloo commemorating its 50 year Anniversary in 2007, https://uwaterloo.ca/science/sites/ca.science/files/uploads/files/50_sci_alum_awards_2007_000.pdf
- ↑ Jones, Sheila (June 2009), "Creating Another Einstein: The money and intrigue behind Waterloo’s Perimeter Institute", Literary Review of Canada, http://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2009/06/creating-another-einstein/
- ↑ Magueijo, João (September 24, 2009), "Howard's end at Perimeter", Nature, Books and Arts 461: 477, doi:10.1038/461477a
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