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Birth
Thomas S. Kuhn was born July 18, 1922 in Cincinnati Ohio. His father was a hydraulic engineer turned investment consultant and his mother was an educator who also did professional editing. "Kuhn, Thomas (Samuel)." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. Credo Thomas Kuhn, edited by Thomas Nickles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, -
Accepted into Harvard
Following in his fathers footsteps, Kuhn was accepted into Harvard University to study during his undergraduate period. Thomas Kuhn, edited by Thomas Nickles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, -
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Berkeley
Kuhn accepted an assistant professorship at the university of Berkeley where he taught the history of science and intellectual history from a scientific point of view. "Kuhn, Thomas (Samuel)." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. Thomas Kuhn, edited by Thomas Nickles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, -
Publication of The Copernican Revolution
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Published Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn published his infamous book Structure of Scientific Revolutions where he challenged our past view of scientific progress, and talks about his controversial idea of a paradigm shifts, and was later expanded upon in 1970. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzo8vnxSARg "Kuhn, Thomas (Samuel)." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. -
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Princeton
Kuhn accepted an offer from Princeton University to teach their new history and philosophy of science program. "Kuhn, Thomas (Samuel)." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. Thomas Kuhn, edited by Thomas Nickles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, -
Publication of The Essential Tension
A collection of Kuhns prominent historical and methodological essays were published together and named The Essential Tension. "Kuhn, Thomas (Samuel)." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. Thomas Kuhn, edited by Thomas Nickles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, -
Publication of Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity
shorty after the publication of The Essential Tension, Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity was published. This was Kuhns unconventional account of the emergence of the early quantum theory. Thomas Kuhn, edited by Thomas Nickles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=217812. -
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Massachusets Institute of Technology
Thomas Kuhn taught as a philosophy professor during his time at MIT. Thomas Kuhn, edited by Thomas Nickles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=217812. -
Death
Thomas S. Kuhn passed from cancer on June 17, 1996 in Cambridge Massachusetts at the age of 73. "Kuhn, Thomas (Samuel)." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. Credo Thomas Kuhn, edited by Thomas Nickles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central,