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
- ↑ Reisz, Matthew (May 28, 2015), "Video Interviews give scholars a platform to discuss work", Times Higher Education
- ↑ "Exercise that brain", The Economist, July 19, 2013
- ↑ Anderson, Porter (April 10, 2018). "On London Book Fair's Day One: The 2018 International Excellence Awards". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Howard Burton". Friends of the Library. University of Waterloo. May 17, 2005. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Howard Burton |". Perimeter Institute.
- ↑ University of Waterloo commemorating its 50 year Anniversary in 2007 (PDF)
- ↑ Jones, Sheila (June 2009), "Creating Another Einstein: The money and intrigue behind Waterloo's Perimeter Institute", Literary Review of Canada
- ↑ Magueijo, João (September 24, 2009), "Howard's end at Perimeter", Nature, Books and Arts, 461: 477, doi:10.1038/461477a
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