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Thomas Kuhn
On July 18th, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born. His father, Samuel Louis Kuhn, was an industrial engineer, graduated both Harvard and MIT, as well as fought in World War 1. Thomas's mother was Minette Kuhn, she was a graduate of Vassar College and heir to a wealthy New York family. -
Bachelor's Degree
Kuhn earned bachelor's degree in 1943 -
Master's Degree and PhD
Kuhn earned bachelor’s (1943) and master’s (1946) degrees in physics at Harvard University but obtained his Ph.D. (1949) there in the history of science. -
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Taught in Harvard
He taught the history or philosophy of science at Harvard (1951–56), This is the same University that he had earned Bachelor to PhD -
Book Published (The Copernican Revolution)
His first book, The Copernican Revolution (1957), Kuhn studied the development of the heliocentric theory of the solar system during the Renaissance. -
Promoted to professor
Berkeley promoted Kuhn to a full professor of History of Science. Interesting enough Famous Scientists states, "This actually infuriated him, because he wanted to be a professor of Philosophy. In the end, however, he agreed to accept the position in History." -
Second Book (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, he argued that scientific research and thought are defined by paradigms. This is his second book. -
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Essay Collection
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
On June 17, 1996, Thomas Kuhn died at the age of 73. He passed in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. he had been ill and battling cancer in his bronchial tubes and throat.