Thomas kuhn

Thomas Kuhn

By Elisabethjulien

  • Born

    Thomas Kuhn was born on July, 18th, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • Education

    Thomas Kuhn attained his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. at Harvard University. He earned a degree in physics and another in history of science. Kuhn became a professor, teaching philosophy of science at some of the top schools in the United States.

  • First Book

    First Book
    Kuhn's first book, The Copernican Revolution, was published in 1957. In which he discusses the paradigm shift from the Ptolemaic model to the heliocentric model.

  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    https://youtu.be/Yn8cCDtVd5w The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was Kuhn's most influential book written. It discusses the history of science and "normal science". He proposed that for science to progress, a scientific revolution must occur to lead to new paradigms.

  • Other Books

    Thomas Kuhn wrote two other books; The Essential Tension (1977) and Black-Body Theory and Quantum Discontinuity (1978).

  • Died

    Thomas Kuhn died on June 17th, 1996.