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Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn is a famous scientist and philosopher of scientific theory (July 18, 1922; June 17, 1996). Thomas Kuhn's famous book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was published in 1962. T. Kuhn's research career started in the field of physics, then he switched to studying the history of science and finally culminated in the field of philosophy of science. -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1943, he graduated from the university. -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1946, he received a master's degree in physics. -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1949, he received his degree in physics from Harvard University. -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1956, he taught a practice class for humanities students at the University of Massachusetts at Harvard. -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1957, he published his first book. The Copernican Revolution (The Copernican Revolution). -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1961, he became a professor at the university in California. -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1962, he published a series of articles in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Sciences (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions). He contributions to the structure of scientific revolutions have changed human perceptions of science, especially adding to the vocabulary of conventional science the concept of "paradigm," as he described, that the new theory changes the old theory. -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1964, Kuhn assumed the position of professor of philosophy and history of science at Princeton University. -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1970, he published Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge (Criticism and
the growth of Knowledge). -
Thomas Kuhn
In 1977, Tension was published. The essential Tension. The book changed people's perspectives on scientific development. -
Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn died on June 17, 1996, of throat and lung cancer after suffering for two years. When he passed away, he was 73 years old. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.