Sara J. Schechner

Sara J. Schechner (born 1957) is an American historian of science, the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and a lecturer on the History of Science at Harvard University.[1]

Life

Schecher finished her Artis Baccularatum (Bachelor of Arts) in History and Science, Physics with summa cum laude at the Radcliffe College of Harvard University in 1979.[2] She then studied History and Philosophy of Science at the Emmanuel College of the Cambridge University and finished it with a Master of Philosophy in 1981.[2] She completed her artium magister (Master of Arts) on the History of Science at the Harvard University in 1982.[2] In 1988, she finalized her PhD on the History of Science at the Harvard University.[2]

Afterwards, Schechner was chief curator at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.[1] She also curated exhibits for the Smithsonian Institution, the American Astronomical Society, and the American Physical Society.[1] In 2000, she returned to Harvard University as the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.[1] She is also a lecturer on the History of Science at Harvard University.[1]

Selected publications

Schechner, Sara (1997). Comets, popular culture, and the birth of modern cosmology. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691011508. OCLC 36066082.

Awards

2020: Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020. [3]
2019: Paul Bunge Prize of the Society of German Chemists[4]
2018: LeRoy E. Doggett Prize, American Astronomical Society[2]
2018: Second Place, Telescopes-Mechanical/Other, Stellafane Convention, for a quilt, “This is Stellafane!” 2018.[2]
2014: Great Exhibitions Prize for Body of Knowledge:A History of Anatomy (in 3 Parts), British Society for the History of Science[2]
2014: Dean's Impact Award, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University[2]
2010: The Paul and Irene Hollister Lecturer on Glass, 2010.[2]
2009: First Place, Telescopes-Mechanical/Special, Stellafane Convention, for a historical quilt,“The Great 26-Inch Telescope at Foggy Bottom,”[2]
2008: Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize.[2]
2007: First Place, International Design Awards 2007, for Time, Life, & Matter[2]
2004: Helen Sawyer Hogg Public Lecturer, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada[2]
1991–1992: Herbert C. Pollock Award[2]
From 1982: New York Academy of Sciences[2]
From 1979: Sigma Xi[2]
1979: Sigma Xi Prize, Harvard[2]
1979: Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard[2]

References

"Sara J. Schechner | Sara J. Schechner". 2019-03-22. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
"CV Sara J. Schechner" (PDF). 2019-03-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
"AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
"Paul-Bunge-Preis geht an Sara J. Schechner – Career Women in motion". 2019-03-22. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-22.

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[3] "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

[4] "Paul-Bunge-Preis geht an Sara J. Schechner – Career Women in motion". 2019-03-22. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-22.