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Hasok Chang was born on 26 March, 1967 in Seoul, Republic of Korea, is a Historian and philosopher of science. Discover Hasok Chang's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?
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56 years old |
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Aries |
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26 March, 1967 |
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26 March |
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Seoul, Republic of Korea |
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South Korea
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Hasok Chang Height, Weight & Measurements
At 56 years old, Hasok Chang height not available right now. We will update Hasok Chang's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Hasok Chang's Wife?
His wife is Gretchen Siglar
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Gretchen Siglar |
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Hasok Chang Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Hasok Chang worth at the age of 56 years old? Hasok Chang’s income source is mostly from being a successful Historian. He is from South Korea. We have estimated Hasok Chang's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Historian |
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Timeline
Hasok Chang (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He won the Lakatos Award in 2006 for his book Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress and in 2013 he won the Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science for his book Is Water ?: Evidence, Realism and Pluralism.
Chang moved to the University of Cambridge in 2010, becoming the Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science.
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.
He previously served as president of the British Society for the History of Science from 2012 to 2014.
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.
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.
He appeared on EBS's series Chang Hasok's Science Meets Philosophy from February to May 2014, where he delivered lectures in Korean.
On May 10, 2016, he gave the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture at the Royal Society.
He was awarded the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics in 2021 from the American Physical Society "For innovative and influential studies on the history and philosophy of the physical sciences, including scholarly works on scientific evidence, the physics-chemistry interaction, and historical and epistemic aspects of thermal physics."
