Thomas Kuhn - (July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996)

Thomas Kuhn - (July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996)

1943

In 1943, Thomas graduated from Harvard, where he then spent the remainder of the war years, researching the radar at Harvard and in Europe. He obtained his master’s degree in physics in 1946, and his doctorate in physics in 1949 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/

Thomas Kuhn - (July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996)

1951

Kuhn began his teaching career as a philosophy of science professor at
-Harvard(1951-56)
-University of California (1956-64)
-Princeton University (1964-79)
-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979-91)

Thomas Kuhn - (July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996)

1957

Kuhn released his first book,"The Copernican Revolution". Kuhn address the paradigm shift that took place from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens, which presented Earth as stationary at the center of the universe, to the heliocentric view as the sun at the center of the universe.

Thomas Kuhn - (July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996)

1962

Kuhn created his concept of a paradigm shift in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". In this he discussed how science goes through a process, from one belief system or theory to another, this is where a paradigm shift happens within the theory. https://youtu.be/Yn8cCDtVd5w

Thomas Kuhn - (July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996)

1977

The Essential Tension was released, containing Thomas Kuhn’s essays in the philosophy and history of science, compiled and published Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/#LifeCare.

Thomas Kuhn -(July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996)

1978

Kuhn’s worked on the quantum theory, stating that a particle could possess any energy in a continuous range, while Modern quantum theory denies both these principles.
“Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/#LifeCare.

Thomas Kuhn - (July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996)

1994

Thomas Kuhn passed away at the age of 74, after he tragically developed lung cancer.