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
  1. Semeniuk, Ivan (September 6, 2013), "The latest scientific breakthrough – wooing readers", The Globe and Mail
  2. Reisz, Matthew (May 28, 2015), "Video Interviews give scholars a platform to discuss work", Times Higher Education
  3. "Exercise that brain", The Economist, July 19, 2013
  4. Anderson, Porter (April 10, 2018). "On London Book Fair's Day One: The 2018 International Excellence Awards". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  5. "Howard Burton". Friends of the Library. University of Waterloo. May 17, 2005. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  6. "Howard Burton |". Perimeter Institute.
  7. University of Waterloo commemorating its 50 year Anniversary in 2007 (PDF)
  8. Jones, Sheila (June 2009), "Creating Another Einstein: The money and intrigue behind Waterloo's Perimeter Institute", Literary Review of Canada
  9. Magueijo, João (September 24, 2009), "Howard's end at Perimeter", Nature, Books and Arts, 461: 477, doi:10.1038/461477a


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