John Robert Taylor (physicist)

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John Robert Taylor (born February 2, 1939 in London ) is a British physicist.

Taylor studied mathematics and physics at Cambridge University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1960. In 1963 he received his doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley . From 1962 to 1964 he was an instructor at Princeton University . From 1964 he was Assistant Professor, from 1966 Associate Professor and from 1968 Professor at the University of Colorado . In 1968/69 and 1973/74 he was a visiting scholar at Imperial College London .

In the 1960s he dealt with the then current S-matrix theory of elementary particle physics (as a student of Geoffrey Chew in Berkeley). In addition, he dealt with the physics of electromagnetic waves (radar) and the Aharonov-Bohm effect . His book on failure analysis has been translated into six languages ​​(including German).

He also deals with physics didactics, including physics demonstrations for children (Mr. Wizzard lectures at the university), and has received several awards in this area, including the Distinguished Service Citation of the American Association of Physics Teachers in 1989 . In 1987 he had his own television series in Colorado (Physics for Fun).

From 1988 to 1992 he was co-editor of the American Journal of Physics .

Fonts

  • Scattering Theory: the Quantum Theory of Nonrelativistic Collisions , John Wiley 1972, 2nd edition 1983, reprint Dover 2006 (also translated into Russian)
  • Error Analysis, the Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements , University Science Books, 1982, 2nd edition 1997
    • German translation: Failure analysis: an introduction to the investigation of uncertainties in physical measurements , Weinheim, VCH 1988
  • with Chris Zafiratos Modern Physics , Prentice Hall, 1992

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personal data
SURNAME Taylor, John Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British physicist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH London