John R. Taylor
Physicist, Person
1939 –
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Who is John R. Taylor?
John Robert Taylor is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his B.A. in mathematics at Cambridge University, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963 with thesis advisor Geoffrey Chew. Taylor has written several college-level physics textbooks. His bestselling book is An Introduction to Error Analysis, which has been translated into six languages. Taylor was designated a Presidential Teaching Scholar in 1991. He has also received an Emmy Award for his television series Physics 4 Fun.
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- Born
- 1939
- Also known as
- John Robert Taylor
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- University of California, Berkeley
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on July 23, 2013
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