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Birth.
Thomas Kuhn was born July 18th, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio. -
Where it all began.
Thomas Kuhn attended the Taft school in Watertown Connecticut. This is where he first found his love for Physics and Mathematics. Kuhn graduated from the Taft school in 1940 and enrolled in to Harvard University where he majored in Physics. Kuhn obtained his Bachelors, Masters and finally his PhD in 1949. -
Kuhn's first paradigm shift.
While attending Harvard Kuhn joined the "Fellow's Society" He was a "Junior Fellow" for his last three years attending the university. It is said that during this time is when Kuhn made his shift from physics and mathematics to history and philosophy of science. -
Major Works.
In 1957 Kuhn published "The Copernican Revolution" a book in which he laid out a plethora of evidence in favor of a Heliocentric universe versus a Geocentric universe. This book is thought of as the key proponent of the paradigm shift from a Geocentric universe to a Heliocentric one. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Copernican Revolution. MJF Books, 1997. -
Crowning achievment.
In 1962 Kuhn published one of the most influential works of literature the science community has ever seen. "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". In this book Kuhn laid out the how he believed science progressed and how Scientific progress wasn't a clean line steadily moving forward but a more erratic rhythm of slow and steady periods, and periods of extremely fast and radical change. In this book the Phrase "Paradigm Shift" was coined and is now a integral part of scientific language. -
MLA citation.
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago :University of Chicago Press, 1970. Print. -
Short edcutation video.
Here are three videos that greatly helped me during our discussions of incommensurability and Kuhns Scientific progress.
https://youtu.be/euE7PP_RUfk
https://youtu.be/JQPsc55zsXA
https://youtu.be/euE7PP_RUfk These videos explain the subject of Scientific Progress (In Kuhns eyes) incredibly well.