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Born
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019) -
"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"
Is considered "one of the most influential works of history and philosophy in the 20th Century." His book explains how scientific works and ideas are "paradigms," which contain views about the world, methods for collecting and evaluating data, and standard experiments. Scientist use this "paradigm" as a foundation to build off of and try to improve and explain its theories through improved measurement capabilities. (The Editors of Britannica, 2019) -
The Kuhn Cycle
This illustration depicts the trend found in scientific history. Photo Reference:
"The Kuhn Cycle." Web. Thwink.com, photo retrieved 05 Jun 2020, https://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/KuhnCycle.htm -
"Thomas Kuhn, Scientific Revolution"
Below is a link to a video that explains Thomas Kuhn's idea about science and its historical evolution.
Reference:
"Chapter 2.2: Thomas Kuhn, scientific revolutions." YouTube, uploaded by Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities, 19 Oct 2017,
https://youtu.be/JQPsc55zsXA. -
Death
He passed away in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019)
