Howard Burton is a filmmaker, an author and the creator of Ideas Roadshow, a multimedia initiative producing documentary films, books and podcasts. Ideas Roadshow was the recipient of the Educational Learning Resources Award at the London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards in 2018.[1]
Burton holds an M.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics,[2] and was the founding executive director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, from 1999–2007.[3] He received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Waterloo in 2007.
His book First Principles: Building Perimeter Institute tells the history of the founding years of Perimeter Institute.