Howard Burton is a filmmaker, an author and the creator of Ideas Roadshow, a multimedia initiative producing 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]
Howard Burton is a filmmaker, an author and the creator of Ideas Roadshow, a multimedia initiative producing 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]