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Birth
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born to a wealthy family in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kuhn's contribution to the philosophy of science is that he discovered that science does not evolve slowly towards a truth over time but rather enters different paradigms until the current theories can't explain phenomena or someone proposes a new theory. -
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Undergraduate at Harvard
Kuhn graduated from Harvard with a BS in physics summa cum laude. -
War Work
Kuhn joined the Radio Research Lab's theoretical group during World War II which helped to create countermeasures against German radar. He later worked with the Royal Air Force to study captured German radar installations. Stewart, D. (2017). Home. Retrieved December 03, 2020, from https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/ -
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Back to Harvard
After the war ended, Kuhn returned back to Harvard and graduated with a master's in Physics and then later a doctorate in 1949. -
Professorship
Kuhn became an associate professor in the philosophy department at Stanford University. -
The Paradigm Shift
Kuhn published his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in which he described his concept of the paradigm shift. Kuhn described the change in the framework of science for which facts were interpreted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQPsc55zsXA&feature=emb_title -
Death
Thomas Kuhn died at the age of 73 from lung and throat cancer.
