Pamela H. Smith

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Pamela H. Smith is a historian of science specializing in attitudes to nature in early modern Europe (1350-1700), with particular attention to craft knowledge and the role of craftspeople in the Scientific Revolution. She is the Seth Low Professor of History, [1] founding director of the Making and Knowing Project, [2] founding director of the Center for Science and Society, [3] and chair of the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, [4] all at Columbia University. Smith is serving a two-year term (2016-2018) as president of the Renaissance Society of America. [5]

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Smith received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, in 1979 (First Class Honors), and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University, in 1991. [6] Smith was the Margaret and Edwin F. Hahn Professor in the Social Sciences, and professor of history at Pomona College from 1990-2005 and the director of European Studies at Claremont Graduate University from 1996–2003.

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