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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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During that period, Thomas Kuhn was a teacher in history and philosophy of science at Harvard, Berkeley, Princeton and the MIT.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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