John R. Taylor

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John Robert Taylor
Awards Emmy Award
Academic background
Alma mater Cambridge University (B.A.), University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisor Geoffrey Chew
Academic work
Discipline Physics
Institutions University of Colorado, Boulder
Notable works An Introduction to Error Analysis

John Robert Taylor is British-born 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 nine languages. His intermediate-level undergraduate textbook, Classical Mechanics, was well-reviewed.

Awards

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).