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Jiang, J. H., Dong, H., Barbash, I., Schechner, S. J., & others. (2027). Humanity’s Message to the Stars: An Update to the Golden Record--Part 2. Guidelines and Methodology for Image Selection. Earth and Space Science.
Jiang, J. H., Dong, H., Barbash, I., Schechner, S. J., & others. (2027). Humanity’s Message to the Stars: An Update to the Golden Record--Part 2. Guidelines and Methodology for Image Selection. Earth and Space Science.
Humanity’s Message to the Stars (HMTS) is a contemporary successor to the Voyager Golden Record, designed to convey an updated, multidimensional portrait of Earth and its inhabitants to interstellar and intergenerational audiences. Building on the...
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Schechner, S. J. (2027). Conquest and Contemplation: Astronomy in New England. In P. Bertucci & A. Baker (Eds.), Scientific Instruments as Cultural Artifacts. Yale University Press.
Schechner, S. J. (2027). Conquest and Contemplation: Astronomy in New England. In P. Bertucci & A. Baker (Eds.), Scientific Instruments as Cultural Artifacts. Yale University Press.
Schechner, S. J. (2027). The Life of Joseph Pope and That of His Orrery. In S. J. Schechner & A. D. Morrison-Low (Eds.), Creating an Ordered World in Disordered Times: The Pope Orrery. Brill.
Schechner, S. J. (2027). The Life of Joseph Pope and That of His Orrery. In S. J. Schechner & A. D. Morrison-Low (Eds.), Creating an Ordered World in Disordered Times: The Pope Orrery. Brill.
Schechner, S. J., & Morrison-Low, A. D. (2027). Creating an Ordered World in Disordered Times: The Pope Orrery. In Scientific Instruments and Collections (Nos. 12). Brill.
Schechner, S. J., & Morrison-Low, A. D. (2027). Creating an Ordered World in Disordered Times: The Pope Orrery. In Scientific Instruments and Collections (Nos. 12). Brill.
2026
Schechner, S. J., Carruthers, E. J., & Van Jaarsveldt, D. (2026). Twentieth-Century Observing Stations in South Africa. In Astronomy in Focus as Presented at the IAU XXXII General Assembly, 2024. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia, A32 (p. 10). Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 2026)
Schechner, S. J., Carruthers, E. J., & Van Jaarsveldt, D. (2026). Twentieth-Century Observing Stations in South Africa. In Astronomy in Focus as Presented at the IAU XXXII General Assembly, 2024. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia, A32 (p. 10). Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 2026)
Schechner, S. J. (2026). The Visual Culture of the 1618 Comets. In C. Cunningham (Ed.), Cosmic Events: The Three Comets of 1618 (p. 40). Springer Nature. (Original work published 2026)
Schechner, S. J. (2026). The Visual Culture of the 1618 Comets. In C. Cunningham (Ed.), Cosmic Events: The Three Comets of 1618 (p. 40). Springer Nature. (Original work published 2026)
Schechner, S. J. (2026). Quilts 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy. Concord, MA.
Schechner, S. J. (2026). Quilts 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy. Concord, MA.
2025
Schechner, S. J. (2025). The World in a Box: The Pope Orrery. Nuncius, 41(2), 31. https://doi.org/10.1163/18253911-bja10177 (Original work published 2025)
Schechner, S. J. (2025). The World in a Box: The Pope Orrery. Nuncius, 41(2), 31. https://doi.org/10.1163/18253911-bja10177 (Original work published 2025)
ABSTRACT
Instead of thinking about scientific instruments in terms of their functions, makers, sellers, users, and designs over time, this paper will explore what might be learned from a critical examination of the materials used in an instrument’s...
Schechner, S. J., & Kremer, R. (2025). Forty Years of Scientific Instrument Studies: The Scientific Instrument Commission. In Scientific Instruments and Collections (Nos. 11). Brill.
Schechner, S. J., & Kremer, R. (2025). Forty Years of Scientific Instrument Studies: The Scientific Instrument Commission. In Scientific Instruments and Collections (Nos. 11). Brill.
2024
Schechner, S. J., & Talas, S. (2024). Failed Historical Scientific Instruments. In Scientific Instruments and Collections (Nos. 10). Brill.
Schechner, S. J., & Talas, S. (2024). Failed Historical Scientific Instruments. In Scientific Instruments and Collections (Nos. 10). Brill.
Schechner, S. J. (2024). Spelunking Decommissioned Observatories with David DeVorkin: A Case Study. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage , 27(4), 907-916.
Schechner, S. J. (2024). Spelunking Decommissioned Observatories with David DeVorkin: A Case Study. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage , 27(4), 907-916.
2023
Schechner, S. J. (2023). Politics and the Dimensions of the Solar System: John Winthrop’s Observations of the Transits of Venus. In S. Gullberg & P. Robertson (Eds.), Essays on Astronomical History and Heritage: A Tribute to Wayne Orchiston on His 80th Birthday (pp. 401-428). Springer.
Schechner, S. J. (2023). Politics and the Dimensions of the Solar System: John Winthrop’s Observations of the Transits of Venus. In S. Gullberg & P. Robertson (Eds.), Essays on Astronomical History and Heritage: A Tribute to Wayne Orchiston on His 80th Birthday (pp. 401-428). Springer.