Hunter Deming Thomas Kuhn

By Hunter Deming
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    The Lifespan of Thomas Kuhn

    Thomas Kuhn lived a long life with many accomplishments that landed him a spot in conversation as one of Americas great philosophers.

  • The beginning of a legend

    "Kuhn earned bachelor’s (1943) and master’s (1946) degrees in physics at Harvard University but obtained his Ph.D. (1949) there in the history of science. He taught the history or philosophy of science at Harvard (1951–56), the University of California at Berkeley (1956–64), Princeton University (1964–79), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979–91)."
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn#:~:text=Kuhn%2C%20in%20full%20Thomas%20Samuel,written%20in%20the%2020th%20century.

  • The first Publication

    In his first book, The Copernican Revolution (1957), Kuhn studied the development of the heliocentric theory of the solar system during the Renaissance.

  • Introduction of the Paradigm shift

    In Kuhn's book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, he first introduces the idea of paradigm shifts, after death the Thomas Kuhn Paradigm Shift Award was created by the American chemical Society to award speakers who bring up ideas that were against the mainstream thought.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70T4pQv7P8