Hasok Chang
Hasok Chang | |
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장하석 | |
Born | Seoul, Republic of Korea | March 26, 1967
Citizenship | United States[1] |
Education | Northfield Mount Hermon School Hampshire College |
Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (B.S.) Harvard University Stanford University (Ph.D.) |
Spouse(s) | Gretchen Siglar |
Awards | Lakatos Award (2006), Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science (2013), Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | History and philosophy of science |
Institutions | Harvard University University College London University of Cambridge |
Website | www |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jang Haseok |
McCune–Reischauer | Chang Hasŏk |
Korean pronunciation: [tɕaŋɦasək] |
Hasok Chang (Korean: 장하석; Hanja: 張夏碩; born March 26, 1967) is a Korean-born American historian and philosopher of science currently serving as the Hans Rausing Professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a board member of the Philosophy of Science Association. He previously served as president of the British Society for the History of Science from 2012 to 2014.[2]
His areas of interest include the history and philosophy of chemistry and physics, the philosophy of scientific practice, measurement in quantum mechanics, realism, scientific evidence, pluralism and pragmatism.[2]
Early life and education[]
Chang was born in Seoul in 1967 to Korean civil servant (later politician) Che-Shik Chang and teacher Woo Sook Choi. Chang is the younger brother of economist Ha-Joon Chang and cousin of economist and Korea University professor Hasung Jang. He is married to psychotherapist Gretchen Siglar.[3]
Chang studied at Northfield Mount Hermon School, Massachusetts where he was valedictorian in 1985, and was a visiting student at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. He graduated at the California Institute of Technology in 1989 with a B.S. Honors in an Independent Studies Program, concentrating on theoretical physics and philosophy.[1] He went to Stanford University where he completed his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1993. His dissertation topic was entitled, Measurement and the Disunity of Quantum Physics. He was also a visiting graduate student at Harvard University.[1]
Career and awards[]
Chang was a research associate in physics at Harvard University from July 1993 to December 1994. In 1995 he moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a lecturer at University College London's Department of Science and Technology Studies, becoming a professor in 2008.[1] Chang moved to the University of Cambridge in 2010, becoming the Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science.[2]
He worked as a consultant on BBC Four's series Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity and Channel 4's Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World.[4] He appeared on EBS's series Chang Hasok's Science Meets Philosophy from February to May 2014, where he delivered lectures in Korean.[5]
Chang is a founding member of the Committee for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science and the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice, and he served as president of the British Society for the History of Science from 2012 to 2014 and vice-president from 2014 to 2015.[2] He won the Lakatos Award in 2006 for his book Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress[6] and in 2013 he won the Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science for his book Is Water H
2O?: Evidence, Realism and Pluralism.[7] On May 10, 2016, he gave the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture at the Royal Society.[8]
Bibliography[]
English[]
- Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (2004)[2]
- Is Water H
2O?: Evidence, Realism and Pluralism (2012)[2]
Korean[]
- 장하석의 과학, 철학을 만나다 (Science Meets Philosophy) (2014)[9]
Media appearances[]
- Horizon, "What is One Degree?" (January 10, 2011) – Interviewed by Ben Miller[4]
- Nova – Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold (January 8, 2008)[4]
- Chang Hasok's Science Meets Philosophy (February–May 2014) – Aired on EBS[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Hasok Chang CV". Academia.edu. September 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Hasok Chang biography". University of Cambridge. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ^ "Scientific Pluralism and the Mission of History and Philosophy of Science" on YouTube
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Hasok Chang at IMDb
- ^ Jump up to: a b "다시 보기". 장하석의 과학, 철학을 만나다. EBS.
- ^ "Lakatos Award". London School of Economics. September 19, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ^ "2013 Winner". Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ^ "Who cares about the history of science?". Royal Society. May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ^ 장하석의 과학, 철학을 만나다. Kyobo Book Centre. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
External links[]
- 1967 births
- Living people
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- American philosophers
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- Fellows of Clare Hall, Cambridge
- Hampshire College alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Historians of science
- Philosophers of science
- South Korean emigrants to the United States
- South Korean expatriates in the United Kingdom
- South Korean historians
- South Korean philosophers
- Stanford University alumni
- Northfield Mount Hermon School alumni
- Indong Jang clan
- American male non-fiction writers