Thomas Khun

Birth of Thomas Khun

Jul 18, 1922

On July 18th, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born

Harvard Graduation

1946

After completing his master's degree in Physics at Harvard in 1946, Kuhn continued his education completing his doctorate in 1949. His thesis was The Cohesive Energy of Monovalent Metals as a Function of the Atomic Quantum Defects. This in turn resulted in Kuhn being elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard.

Paradigm Shift

1962

The most significant theory that Thomas Kuhn was know for was his explanation that Science has paradigm shifts. A paradigm shift is a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions. Thomas Kuhn explained that science works in cycles and is everchanging.

COllection of Essays

1977

The Encyclopedia Britannica states "Kuhn’s book revolutionized the history and philosophy of science, and his concept of paradigm shifts was extended to such disciplines as political science, economics, sociology, and even to business management. Kuhn’s later works were a collection of essays, The Essential Tension (1977), and the technical study Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity (1978)."

Death

Jun 17, 1996

On June 17, 1996, Thomas Kuhn died at the age of 73. He passed in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For the previous two years he had been ill and battling cancer in his bronchial tubes and throat.