Richard Philip Taylor - Materials Science Institute - University of ...

Institute (2007), Arnold Schoenberg Center (2005), Pollock-Krasner-Foundation (2005), Forum21
(2005), the American Institute of Architects (2005), the Guggenheim Foundation (2004), the Royal
Swedish Academy (2003), the Sigma Xi Research Society (2001), the Advanced Telecommunications
Research Institute of Japan (2001), the Nobel Foundation (2000), the British Royal Society (1994), the
Japanese Frontier Research Program (1993), NATO (1989) and a Kilby Scholarship (1987).
2.3 Publications and Writing
• My 257 publications span 25 years (see Section 3). These include 2 books, 163 refereed papers (in
journals such as Nature, Science, Physical Review Letters and Leonardo) and 90 invited publications
(book chapters, review articles and contributions for journals and magazines such as Nature, Science,
Scientific American, New Scientist, American Scientist, Physics World). In addition to my 257
publications, I authored over 50 papers/extended abstracts in unpublished conference proceedings.
• I have published an undergraduate textbook “Light, Color and Vision” (Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2011 and
2012) and have edited a custom edition of the book “Physics – Principles and Applications”
(Pearson/Prentice Hall 2010). I am currently writing the textbook: “The Physics of Light” (Pearson
Higher Education/Addison Wesley). I have also been asked to co-write a future edition of “College
Physics” for Pearson Publishing Company. Their top editorial representative noted my communication
skills impressed him “more than any potential author in the past 18 years of working with the company”
(2008).
• In recognition of my research, I was commissioned by Science to write a career essay in 2001.
• As an indication of my status within the fractals research community, I was asked to write the Proctor
Prize announcement (2002), awarded to Benoit Mandelbrot (a founder of fractal geometry) and to write
a eulogy for his memorial and his obituary in Physics Today (2011). As an indication of my status
within the chaos research community, I was asked to write a chapter of a book celebrating the life of
Edward Lorenz (a founder of chaos theory) (2008).
• My work has featured in key research books by prominent researchers (e.g. Transport in Nanostructures
by D. Ferry and S. Goodnick, Introduction to Quantum Chaos by K. Nakamura and T. Harayama,
Quantum Chaos and Quantum Dots by K. Nakamura and T. Harayama, and The Encyclopedia of Nonlinear
Science by A. Scott, Network Visualization by Manual Lima)), popular science and arts books
(e.g. Quantum Technology by G. Milburn, Introducing Fractal Geometry by Lesmoir-Gordon et al,
Fractals, Graphics and Mathematics Education by M. Frame and B. Mandelbrot, Simplexity by J.
Kluger, The Artful Universe by J. Barrow, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory by G. Musser,
In the Pursuit of Elegance by M. May, The Story of Measurement by A. Robinson, Jackson Pollock:
Veiling the Image by D. Wigal, The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology and Design, by L. Hosey) and
an undergraduate text book (Calculus by R. Larson et al).
• My work has been the subject of over 150 articles by scientists and science journalists in journals and
magazines (e.g. Nature, Science, Scientific American, Time Magazine, The New Yorker, New Scientist,
Physics World, Physics Today, Science News, Discover, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Art
News) and prominent newspapers and websites in the USA (e.g The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Chicago
Sun Times, Boston Globe, Oregonian, San Diego Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Idaho Statesman,
International Business Times, Google News), the UK (e.g. The Times, Guardian, Independent, Daily
Telegraph, Daily Mail), Canada (National Post), Australia (Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times),
Sweden (Svenska Dagbladet), India (Times of India, The Hindu), Italy (Catholic on-line) and France
(Liberation).
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