John R. Taylor


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.