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Harvard University
At the age of 18, Thomas Kuhn moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard University. -
Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics
Thomas Kuhn graduated summa cum laude with a degree in physics from Harvard University in 1943. His senior year, Kuhn was head of the editorial board for the school newspaper as well. -
Radio Research Laboratory
Thomas Kuhn worked with the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard to devise countermeasures to enemy radar during World War II. -
Graduated with a Master's Degree in Physics
After World War II, Thomas Kuhn returned to Harvard and graduated with a Master's Degree in Physics. -
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Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows
Thomas Kuhn took a three-year fellowship at Harvard University in order to develop his ideas as a historian of science. -
Graduated with a Doctorate Degree in Physics
Thomas Kuhn graduated with a Doctorate in Physics, writing his thesis "The Cohesive Energy of Monovalent Metals as a Function of the Atomic Quantum Defects." -
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Gaining Tenure at Berkeley
Thomas Kuhn left Harvard when they failed to offer him tenure, and instead moved to the University of California at Berkeley. He was an assistant professor to begin with, working his way up to full Professor of History of Science at Berkeley. He had wished to work in the philosophy department, but settled for the history of science department instead. -
Published The Copernican Revolution
Thomas Kuhn wrote a book describing Copernicus's book, De revolutionibus, as “a revolution-making rather than a revolutionary text.” -
Published The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn published his ideas of paradigm shifts in his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. -
M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science
Thomas Kuhn moved to Princeton University. -
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy
Thomas Kuhn moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
