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Birth of Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, OH -
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Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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The Copernican Revolution
Kuhn studied the development oh the heliocentric theory of the solar system during the Renaissance. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Copernican Revolution : Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, was a revolutionary approach to the philosophy of science. Kuhn's approach to the history and philosophy of science focuses on conceptual issues like the practice of normal science, influence of historical events, emergence of scientific discoveries, nature of scientific revolutions and progress through scientific revolutions. Preston, John, and Thomas S. Kuhn. Kuhn’s the Structure of Scientific Revolutions : a Reader’s Guide. Continuum, 2008. -
The Essential Tension
This book is a collection of published essays produced by Kuhn. They bring to light the early evolution and the subsequent reformulations from The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change. University of Chicago Press, 2011. -
Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity
Thomas Kuhn surveys the development of the quantum Mechanics in this technical study.
GALISON, PETER. “KUHN AND THE QUANTUM CONTROVERSY.” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, vol. 32, no. 1, 1981, pp. 71–85, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/32.1.71. -
Death of Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Samuel Kuhn died in Cambridge, MA