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July 18th, 1922
Thomas Samuel Khun was born and raised on July 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents called him Tom. He was the eldest of the siblings and his younger brother was born three years later. Image credit: Google Images
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Radio Research Laboratory
In 1943, Kuhn joined the Radio Research Laboratory's theoretical group that is based at Harvard and he was soon sent to the United Kingdom to work in their laboratory. He was also transferred to Germany to work on their radar installations. “Home.” Famous Scientists, https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/#:~:text=Thomas%20Kuhn%20Lived%201922%20%E2%80%93%201996.%20Thomas%20Kuhn,physics%20of%20Aristotle%20from%20over%20two%20millennia%20earlier. -
History of Science
Thomas Kuhn signed up for a 3-year program as a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows while still working on his physics doctorate. He focused entirely on developing his ideas as a science historian and philosopher. “Home.” Famous Scientists, https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/#:~:text=Thomas%20Kuhn%20Lived%201922%20%E2%80%93%201996.%20Thomas%20Kuhn,physics%20of%20Aristotle%20from%20over%20two%20millennia%20earlier. -
Paradigm Shift
A paradigm shift is not just science since it is widely used in all disciplines. In his book, which was published in 1962, The structure of scientific revolutions, he describes the concept of how someone like Aristotle could get an idea about motion. “Home.” Famous Scientists, https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/#:~:text=Thomas%20Kuhn%20Lived%201922%20%E2%80%93%201996.%20Thomas%20Kuhn,physics%20of%20Aristotle%20from%20over%20two%20millennia%20earlier. -
MIT Professor
Kuhn became a professor of Philosophy at the MIT. He was also a professor of History and Science. He eventually became M. Taylor Payne's Professor of Philosophy. “Home.” Famous Scientists, https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/#:~:text=Thomas%20Kuhn%20Lived%201922%20%E2%80%93%201996.%20Thomas%20Kuhn,physics%20of%20Aristotle%20from%20over%20two%20millennia%20earlier. -
Died of Cancer
Kuhn died of cancer at the age of 73. He passed away June 17, 1996 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had a long battle of lung and throat cancer for two years.
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