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Thomas Kuhn lifetime
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Graduated from Harvard
With a BS Degree in Physics summa cum laude (with highest honors). -
Radio Research Laboratory
After graduating, Kuhn joined the Radio Research Laboratory, helping with the war effort by studying enemy radars, in 1944 he traveled with the Royal Air Force to France and Germany -
Masters Degree from Harvard in Physics
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Taught History of Science course at Harvard
Here he realized that to understand Aristotle, he needed to think about Ancient Greek philosophy and science instead of Newton era physics. -
PhD in Physics from Harvard
Kuhn's final PhD thesis was titled: "The Cohesive Energy of Monovalent Metals as a Function of the Atomic Quantum Defects" -
Started teaching at University of California at Berkeley
Taught history and philosophy, in 1961 became full professor in History of Science. -
published: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Focus on the concept of a Paradigm Shift. Had a significant impact on our understanding of the history of science. -
Princeton University
Kuhn went to teach as the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science. -
published: The Essential Tension
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Essential Tension. Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1977. -
published: Black-Body Theory and Quantum Discontinuity
Kuhn, Thomas S. Black-Body and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912. Oxford University Press, 1978. -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Became the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at MIT. -
Retired from MIT
