Publications

2000
Schechner, Sara J. “Too Little Dirty Linen. Essay review of Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love, by Dava Sobel.” The World & I 15 (2000): 262-267.
Schechner, Sara J. “The Many Facets of Halley: Review of Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and Seas, by Alan Cook.” Journal for the History of Astronomy 31, no. 2 (2000): 73-74. Read at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Schechner, Sara J. “Comets and Meteors.” In The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 2000.
Schechner, Sara J. “Art in the St. Petersburg Observatory: Putti with Scientific Instruments.” Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society 64 (2000): 2 (cover story).
1999
Schechner, Sara J. “Time Well Spent: Early Modern Sundials as Evidence of Time Pressures and Consumer Culture.” XVIII International Scientific Instrument Symposium: Abstracts and Materials. Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, 1999.
Schechner, Sara J. “West, Benjamin.” In American National Biography. Cary, NC: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Schechner, Sara J. “Brown, Joseph.” In American National Biography. Cary, NC: Oxford University Press, 1999.
1998
Schechner, Sara J. “Armillary Sphere.” In Instruments of Science: A Historical Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1998.
Schechner, Sara J. “Looking Back to the Beginning: The AAS at 100.” In American Astronomical Society 1999 Membership Directory–The Centennial Year, 2-3. Washington, DC: American Astronomical Society, 1998.
Western Astrolabes.  Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium, vol. 1
Webster, Roderick S., Marjorie K. Webster, and Sara Schechner Genuth. Western Astrolabes. Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium, vol. 1. Chicago: Adler Planetarium, 1998. Amazon.com
Genuth, Sara Schechner. “Astrolabes: A Cross-Cultural and Social Perspective.” In Western Astrolabes, 2-25. Chicago: Adler Planetarium, 1998. astrolabes_cross-cultural_1998_schechner.pdf
1997
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Sundials.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Octant.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Mural Quadrant.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Globes, Celestial.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Cross-Staff.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Constellations.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Atlases, Astronomical.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Astrolabe.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
Schechner-Genuth, Sara. “Armillary Sphere.” In History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.

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