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Samuel L. Kuhn and Minette S. Kuhn had the birth of Thomas S. Kuhn in Cincinnati, Ohio. -
Thomas Kuhn earned his bachelor's degree in physics while attending Harvard University -
Thomas Kuhn while still attending Harvard university is awarded his Master's degree in physics. -
Thomas Kuhn receives his Ph.D in History of Science. -
Kuhn teaches Philosophy of science at Harvard. -
Thomas Kuhn taught philosophy of science at the University of California at Berkeley. -
Kuhn publishes his first book titled "The Copernican Revolution," which marked a critical turning point in the evolution of scientific thought. -
Thomas Kuhn writes his second book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." This book would become one of the most influential books of modern science. His contribution to the philosophy of science inaugurated a new style of philosophy of science that brought it closer to the history of science. -
Kuhn joins Princeton University as the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science. He serves as the president of the History of Science Society from 1969 to 1970. He left Princeton in 1979. -
Kuhn began teaching Philosophy of Science at Massachusetts Institue of Technology (M.I.T), His work centered on cognitive and linguistic processes that bear on the philosophy of science, including the influence of language on the development of science. -
Kuhn is diagnosed with lung cancer. -
Thomas Kuhn had an ever-lasting impact on the scientific theory. To this day, his books are still making an impact on how people view science. I have personally never heard of Thomas Kuhn until I began this class and over the course of just five short weeks I have seen the role that he plays in the way we view the paradigm shift. -