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Thomas was born in 1922. In 1943 he became a Harvard graduate. He gained a master's degree in physics in 1946 and a doctorate in physics in 1949.His career began with the concentration in physics as seen with the degrees he obtained. After this, he taught a humanities course at Harvard. This is where he started getting immersed into the knowledge of the history of science (Bird,2018).
Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018 -
Kuhn became interested in astronomy and Copernicus' influence.Thus his book, The Copernican Revolution which he published in 1957. He then got a job as a professor in 1961 in the department of philosophy.
Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/#LifeCare. -
At this point of his life, he was concentrated in the history of science. This led to the creation of his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. This book had new ideas of the insight of science, which most individuals did not agree with. This caused a sense of rejection towards Kuhn, his ideology, and this book. -
Paradigm shifts is what the previous book mentioned was based on. The concept that science is constantly being upgraded based on new and old ideas combined. The Kuhn cycle is described as: 0) pre-science, 1) normal science, 2) model drift, 3) model crisis, 4) model revolution, 5) paradigm change.
Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. YouTube, uploaded by Then & Now, 27 May 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70T4pQv7P8