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Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on July 18th 1922 to his parents, Minette S. Kuhn and Samuel L. Kuhn in Cincinnati, OH.
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In 1940, Thomas Kuhn graduated from The Taft School, this is where his passion for physics and mathematics was discovered.
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In 1943, Thomas Kuhn graduated Harvard University, having earned his B.S. in Physics. Evidently, he also earned his M.S. in 1946 and his Ph.D. in 1949 from Harvard University.
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After graduating, Thomas Kuhn taught history of science under the suggestion of the University President, James Contant.
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In 1957, Thomas Kuhn wrote the book, The Copernican Revolution where he made several highlights of the impact Copernican had when he suggested the heliocentric model of the solar system over the wildly accepted geocentric model at the times.
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Thomas Kuhn became the Professor of the History of Science at the University of California.
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In 1962, Kuhn published his influential work of "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." He stated that competing paradigms are frequently incommensurable.
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In 1964 Kuhn left University of California and became the "M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science.
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In 1977, "The Essential Tension," is a collection that was published and contained a collection of Kuhn's essays on philosophy and science.
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Kuhn left Princeton and in 1979 became the "Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy."
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In 1988, Thomas Kuhn created his second historical literature on the early history of quantum mechanics.
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In 1994, Kuhn was diagnosed with Lung Cancer.
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Thomas S. Kuhn died on June 17, 1996 in Cambridge, MA.
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