Thomas Kuhn

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

1962 BCE

n 1962, Thomas published a book called “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions “which explain his view on the history of science and his beliefs. The scientific Revolutions centered on the reason of the “primary source of authority and legitimacy and emphasized the importance of the scientific method.

Copernican revolution

1957 BCE

In 1957 Thomas published his first book named “The Copernican revolution “it’s, main focused was on people understanding of the universe and how it worked. The Copernican Revolution by stating the following, "examines the development of the heliocentric theory of the solar system during the Renaissance. The main focus was to promote the heliocentric system, which is where the sun is in the middle not the earth unlike the geocentric system.

Cohesive Energy

1949 BCE

In 1949 during his journey at Harvard university he earned his master's degree in Physics. Thomas continued his education and earned a much higher degree which was a doctorate degree. With having this level of education, he soon started to practice his PhD. His thesis was the Cohesive Energy of Monovalent Metals as a Function of the Atomic Quantum Defects, which was published and later proved. He soon was elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard.

Birth

1892 BCE

On July 18th, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born. At his arrival of his high school, he was a honor student he had excellent grades. He then was accepted into one of the most prestigious schools in the United States which was Harvard University he majored in physics.