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Birth
Thomas Kuhn was born on 18 July 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Education
Thomas Kuhn graduated from Harvard in 1943, he earned his maters in physics in 1946 and his doctorate in 1949.
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Kuhn's most cited books, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was first published in 1962. It was not a single publishing and covered until 1970. This book covered some of Kuhn's most notable work, including paradigm shifts and incommensurability. The book changed the scientific community, and had a lot of criticism.
"Thomas S. Kuhn," by Marcum, James A., The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ISSN 2161-0002, https://www.iep.utm.edu/, 04 NOV. 2018
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Death
Thomas Kuhn died in Cambridgee, Massachusetts on 17 June 1996, after battling throat cancer.
"Thomas S. Kuhn," by Marcum, James A., The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ISSN 2161-0002, https://www.iep.utm.edu/, 04 NOV. 2018