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Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on July 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA into an affluent family. His parents called him Tom. His younger brother Roger was born three years later. (https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/)
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He discovered his passion for physics and mathematics at The Taft School in Watertown, from where he graduated, in 1940. (https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-kuhn-3455.php)
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In the fall of 1948, while still working on his physics doctorate, Kuhn embarked on a three-year program as a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. With no teaching duties, he focused entirely on developing his ideas as a science historian and philosopher. (https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/)
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In 1943, he graduated from Harvard University with a B.S in Physics. He also obtained a M.S. and Ph.D. degree from the Harvard University in 1946 and 1949, respectively. (https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-kuhn-3455.php)
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From 1948 to 1956 he taught the history of science at Harvard. (http://www.softschools.com/facts/scientists/thomas_kuhn_facts/1908/)
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Kuhn interviewed Niels Bohr just before Bohr's death about the philosophical conceptions. (http://www.softschools.com/facts/scientists/thomas_kuhn_facts/1908/)
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A great example of the Kuhn Cycle that has been worked on by Kuhn himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn8cCDtVd5w
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‘The Essential Tension’, a collection of his essays on philosophy and the history of science, was published. (https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-kuhn-3455.php)
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His second historical monograph on the early history of quantum mechanics, ‘Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity’ was published, in 1988. (https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-kuhn-3455.php)
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The brilliant mind of Mr. Kuhn passed away to the world on June 17, 1996, Cambridge, MA
