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Thomas Kuhn's Birth
Thomas Kuhn was born in 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His Father attended and graduated from Harvard and MIT and served in WWI. His mother is also an accomplished person, being a writer and editor. She also graduated from Vassar College. -
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Thomas Kuhn's Early Years
Thomas Kuhn moved around quite a bit through his K-12 years. He went to many private progressive schools that prioritized independent thinking more than just memorizing facts for tests. After having achieved being a straight-A student Thomas Kuhn was admitted into Harvard. Before even arriving on campus in 1940 and Thomas Kuhn at 18 decided that he would major in Physics. -
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Thomas Kuhns College Years
Starting at Harvard in 1940 Thomas Kuhn Majored in Physics. With America entering WWII, he increased his class load and was able to graduate with a BS in Physics Summa Cum Lade in 1943. Joining the Radio Research Laboratory's Theoretical group in the summer of 1943 he went on to aid the efforts of the allies in researching radars. After the war, he went back to Harvard and earned his Masters's degree in 1946 and his Doctorate in 1949. -
The Copernicus Revolution
Thomas Kuhn published this book in 1957. His writing goes over the change from an Earth-centered Universe to a sun-centered one. Within this, he goes over the many contributions of concepts of things such as Observation, beliefs, and theories and how it all ended with Copernicus's new outlook. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
originally published in 1962 but later refined in 1970, this book was one of his best sellers that surprised everyone. Kuhn offers up new thoughts and ideas on how science functions and what key factors are needed for a Scientific revolution. He explains that there are two parts to science, one being "Normal Science" and the other "Extraordinary science". This book also makes the word "Paradigm" very well known and it can have several instances. -
Thomas Kuhn's death
Thomas Kuhn battled with Throat and lung Cancer for 2 years before finally passing away in 1996. His contribution to the subject of scientific revolutions is still having an effect on the philosophy of science today.