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On July 18, 1922 Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born in Cincinnati Ohio to Samuel and Minette Kuhn. His father was an industrial engineer. Both of his parents were Jewish.
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In 1943 Kuhn graduated from Harvard with a bachelors degree in Physics.
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Kuhn continued his education at Harvard the school from which he got his bachelors by completing his Master degree in Physics
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Between 1948 and 1956 Kuhn taught 'History of Science' at Harvard University, per the request of the university president James Conant.
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Kuhn continued his education at Harvard by achieving his Doctorate degree. However this degree was not in physics as his other degrees were, his doctorate was in Philosophy of Science.
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In 1957 Kuhn wrote his book refuting geocentric theory titled "The Copernican Revolution"
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Kuhn was appoint the professor of the 'History of Science' of California University where he part of both the history and philosophy departments.
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Kuhn published one of his major work 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions', one book of a series related to his theories in philosophy of science
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Kuhn became the professor of 'Philosophy of Science' at Princeton University
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Kuhn's series of essays titled 'The Essential Tension' was published
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Kuhn was appointed 'Laurence S. Rockafeller Professor of Philosophy' for Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Kuhn published his monograph on early quantum mechanics titled 'Black-Body Theory and Quantum Discontinutiy'
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Kuhn died of cancer in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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