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 (1988–1990).

References

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American physicists
Category:American textbook writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:Science teachers
Category:University of Colorado faculty
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni
Category:American science writers
Category:Emmy Award winners