John R. Taylor

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 1960. 1963 he was a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley in theoretical physics. From 1962 to 1964 he was instructor at Princeton University. From 1964 he was assistant professor, associate professor from 1966 and from 1968 professor at the University of Colorado. In 1968/69 and 1973/74 he was a visiting scientist 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 among other things with the physics of electromagnetic waves (radar ) and the Aharonov - Bohm effect. His book on error analysis has been translated into six languages ​​( including German ).

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

1998 to 1992 he was co-editor of the American Journal of Physics.

Writings

• 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: Error analysis: an introduction to the study of uncertainties in physical measurements, Weinheim, VCH 1988