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Birth
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Studies at Harvard
Thomas Kuhn studied at Harvard and earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in physics there. However, he obtained his PhD in history of science, not physics. -
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Teaching history and philosophy of science
During that period, Thomas Kuhn was a teacher in history and philosophy of science at Harvard, Berkeley, Princeton and the MIT. -
Major work: The Copernican Revolution
In his first book published, Thomas Kuhn studied the theories of a heliocentric solar system and their development during the Renaissance era. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. Print. -
Major work: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
In his second book, Thomas Kuhn explains his concept of paradigm in science, and the paradigm shifts that occur during scientific revolutions. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962. Print. -
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Major work: The Essential Tension. Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
In this book, Thomas Kuhn develops further the concepts he presented in his previous work, and comments on the critics he received on it. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Print. -
Major work: Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity
In this book, Thomas Kuhn presents his work on the study of the early history of quantum physics, mainly via the works of Max Planck. Kuhn, Thomas S. Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity. Oxford: Clarendon Press (2nd edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press), 1978. -
Death
