Thomas Kuhn 1922 - 1996

Birth of Kuhn

Jul 18, 1922

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 18, 1922.

The Copernican Revolution

1957

Kuhn studied and wrote about the heliocentric theory which is a theory of a cosmological model to where the Sun is assumed to be the central or near the central point of our solar system. With the sun being deemed the central object, the Earth and all other planets were understood to merely rotate around it.

The Structure of Scientific Revoulutions

1962

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), in this book he argued through all scientific research is defined through paradigms. Paradigms were understood to be shifts in science through formal theories, trusted methods, and forms of classical experiments. This process was understood to refine previous theories and polishing more precise measures of earlier phenomena. This changes the framework of scientific revolutions.

Kuhn's Cycle

1962

When Thomas Kuhn wrote his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions he wrote about the Kuhn's Cycle. This cycle represent the cycle and evolution of a paradigm shift. The stages, in a revolving order were, pre-science, normal science, model drift, model crisis, model revolution and lastly the paradigm would change.
This further explains the process of paradigm shifts.
Linked is a video further explaining Thomas Kuhn's Cycle: https://youtu.be/Yn8cCDtVd5w

Quantum Mechanics

1978

With a first edition publication in 1978 and a second edition in 1987, Kuhn published the Black-Body Theory and Quantum Discontinuity. This book was the surveillance of the development of quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is a branch of physics that describes the physical attributes of nature at the scale of atoms and even subatomic particles.

Death of Kuhn

Jun 17, 1996

Thomas Samuel Kuhn died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 17, 1996.