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Thomas Kuhn is Born
Kuhn was born is Cincinnati, Ohio -
Kuhn's Academic Life
Kuhn started his academic journey in physics but then switched to history and science but while he developed he graduated more towards Philosophy of Science. Kuhn graduated Harvard in 1943. -
First Pubsihed Book
He was appointed to assistant professorship in general education and history after discovering his ability to understand Aristotle. He focused on eighteenth century matter theory and thermodynamics, after turning towards history and published his first book in 1957, The Copernican Revolution. He describes the many functions—astronomical, scientific, and nonscientific—of the Greek concept of the universe, concentrating especially on the religious implications. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
By far his most popular upbringing, unbelievably influential to so many, it explains the phases science goes through like normal science and practically coins the phrase Paradigm. -
Thomas Kuhn Passes Away
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Summary
Thomas Kuhn brought new and innovative ways to view how science worked as it was affected more by historical and cultural aspects than view before. His use of the word, paradigm, though viewed negatively by some, helped explain paradigms shifts, when a new way of thinking emerges and replaces the old way. -
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