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Thomas Kuhn Born
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on July 18th 1922 to his parents, Minette S. Kuhn and Samuel L. Kuhn in Cincinnati, OH. -
Graduated The Taft School
In 1940, Thomas Kuhn graduated from The Taft School, this is where his passion for physics and mathematics was discovered. -
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Harvard University
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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Teaching "History of Science"
After graduating, Thomas Kuhn taught history of science under the suggestion of the University President, James Contant. -
The Copernican Revolution
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. -
Professor of History of Science
Thomas Kuhn became the Professor of the History of Science at the University of California. -
Paradigms and Incommensurable
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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Princeton University
In 1964 Kuhn left University of California and became the "M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science. -
The Essential Tension
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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Masssachusettes Institute of Technology
Kuhn left Princeton and in 1979 became the "Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy." -
Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity
In 1988, Thomas Kuhn created his second historical literature on the early history of quantum mechanics. -
Lung Cancer
In 1994, Kuhn was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. -
Died
Thomas S. Kuhn died on June 17, 1996 in Cambridge, MA. -
Thomas Kuhn on Incommensurability
