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Kuhn's Beginnings
Thomas Kuhn was born in Ohio on July 18, 1922. Three years later he had a brother named Rodger. Toms dad worked as an engineer and served in World War 1 in the beginning of his teen years. Tom's mother on the other hand was a publisher for organizations but made no profit. Both of Toms parents were Jewish but did not practice their religion. -
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Life Span
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Education with Kuhn
Kindergarten through fifth grade Tom never learned how to read so by the time Tom was seven his dad finally taught him how to read and write. Tom moved to New York and eventually enrolled into private school. Tom applied for Harvard University and got into the physics program from which his dad gave him insight on choosing. Kuhn traveled to Europe during World War 2 in his sophomore year to study german designs. -
Kuhn's Studies
After visiting Europe during World War 2 Kuhn decided to travel back home to the states and go back to Harvard to finish his degree in physics in 1946. A year later he decided to teach a class at Harvard about the History of Science. Kuhn was amused by the philosophy of science behind Aristotle's idea of motion and decided to study it focusing on Newtons perspective of motion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQLVF_pEI0 -
Kuhn's Breakthrough
Kuhn posted his new idea of paradigm shift in a book called "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" in 1962. To define paradigm shift Kuhn would describe it as the change of framework from a theory. Scientists can then build up another idea from the paradigm shift and use that for their own studies. Kuhn had a major impact on the science community and sadly passed from throat and lung cancer June 17, 1962. -
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Thomas Kuhn
