Science Matters - Episode 1

On April 28^th 2009, to give a keynote address to students, professors, and community members at the University of Waterloo’s 9^th annual graduate student research conference, was none other than Dr. Howard Burton, the former founding executive director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Now living in France, Burton was in Canada recently to promote his new book entitled First Principles: the Crazy Business of Doing Serious Science.

Related links:

• Dr. Burton's book on amazon.ca
• Dr. Burton's web page
• A story on Dr. Burton's new book on Macleans.ca
• My story on Dr. Burton's keynote address at the 9th annual GRSC, UW student newspaper Imprint
• The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics web page