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On July 18, 1922 Thomas Kuhn was born in the town of Cinncinati, Ohio.
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In between the years of 1943 and 1949, Thomas Kuhn achieved several educational degrees. His earlier educational venture was in physics where he attained his Bachelor's and Masters. Though this was not the end of journey for knowledge. He also obtained a pH.D in the History of Science during his later years at Harvard Univeristy
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Thomas Samuel Kuhn earlier writings included his first piece of literature "The Copernican revolution". Which illuminates Copernicus's formulated theory on heliocentrism.
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In 1961 Thomas Samuel Kuhn became Professor in the History of Science at Berkeley University. He accepted this position reluctantly as he originally aspired to be a professor in philosophy. Regardless, this position is believed to have assisted him in the formulation of one of the greatest thoughts leading to the philosophy of science as we know today.
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In the pre-science era, as depicted in Kuhns, book titled The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", improperly justified the nature of science. In Khuns eyes "normal science" was created due to paradigm shifts following a cyclic series events. He revolutionized the way science reacts to change and what is required to produce said change. The following is an educational video that depicts the paradigm shift in motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOGZEZ96ynI
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In the town of Cambridge Massashucets Thomas on ,June 17, 1996 Thomas Samuel Kuhn passed away.
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Nye, Mary. “Thomas Kuhn, Case Histories, and Revolutions.” Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, vol. 42, no. 5, University of California Press Books Division, Nov. 2012, pp. 557–61, doi:10.1525/hsns.2012.42.5.557. Ito, Kenji. “Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and Early Social Studies of Science in Japan.” East Asian Science, Technology and Society, vol. 6, no. 4, Duke University Press, NC & IL, Nov. 2012, pp. 549–54, doi:10.1215/18752160-1906240.
