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Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996
In the book “The Copernican Revolution” Thomas Khun delved deep into the inner workings of society and how a scientific theory can have a lasting impact on today’s world. Through Khun’s writing, we come to understand how Copernicus’ theory on the heliocentric system impacted the prevailing world view on accepted scientific theories. This book exposes the intricate ways society and science have been interconnected and how meaningful a shift in scientific perspective is.Based on the examination... -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996
In the Book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” Thomas Kuhn introduced one of his more popular ideas the “paradigm shift”. In society, during the early stages of science, scientific progression was thought to be achieved by steady accumulation of knowledge. Thomas Kuhn challenged that idea by arguing that only when something does not fit the mold do we see substantial scientific development... https://youtu.be/Yn8cCDtVd5w -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996
In the book “Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity” Thomas Kuhn provides an insightful perspective on the more recent discovery of quantum mechanics and how it has provided another paradigm shift in the field of classical physics. In his book, Kuhn highlights a new understanding of the interaction between matter and energy via quantum mechanics. The focus was to delineate the historical shift from classical mechanics to quantum mechanics as well as highlight key scientists involved... -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 - June 17, 1996
In this last book, published posthumously, Thomas Kuhn unveils the last two decades of his life and the direction he intended to go in his work. Kuhn will address the criticism and scrutiny directed at him following his most famous work, “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”. The main topics discussed being the concept of paradigm shift, the nature of scientific revolutions, and the relationship that society and scientific revolutions have. The culmination of his life’s work invites...