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Gordon Edwards is a Canadian. Edwards was born in Canada in 1940, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1961 with a gold medal in Mathematics and Physics and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. At the University of Chicago he obtained two master's degrees, one in Mathematics (1962) and one in English Literature (1964). In 1972, he obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Queen's University.[1][failed verification]
Gordon Edwards | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 83–84) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto University of Chicago |
From 1970 to 1974, he was the editor of Survival magazine. In 1975 he co-founded the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, and has been its president since 1978. [citation needed]
In 1972–73, Edwards was the assistant director of a nationwide study of the Mathematical Sciences in Canada conducted under the auspices of the Science Council of Canada.[citation needed]
Edwards has written articles and reports on radiation standards, radioactive wastes, uranium mining, nuclear proliferation, the economics of nuclear power, non-nuclear energy strategies.[citation needed] He has been featured on radio and television programs including David Suzuki's The Nature of Things, Pierre Berton's The Great Debate, and many others.[citation needed] He has worked as consultant for governmental bodies such as the Auditor General of Canada, the Select Committee on Ontario Hydro Affairs, and the Ontario Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning.[citation needed] He is a retired teacher of mathematics at Vanier College in Montreal.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ Nuclear Waste Management in Sweden
- ^ "CEGEP Vanier College, Mathematics Department Faculty list". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
External links
edit- The Great Debate: Gordon Edwards vs Edward Teller
- How I Became a Nuclear Skeptic
- Canada and the Bomb: Past and Future Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- "Expert weighs in on nuclear power". Archived from the original on 2008-01-29.
- Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
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