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Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on July 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio. -
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Early Education
Thomas started his education at Lincoln School which is a private progressive school from kindergarten to fifth grade, then for sixth grade to Hessian Hills School until ninth grade. For tenth grade, Tom moved to Solebury School, a private boarding school in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. His final school was another private boarding school, Taft School, in Watertown, Connecticut. Home. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/ -
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HIgher Education
He graduated with a BS in Physics in 1943, in 1946 he received his masters in physics and then received his doctorate in 1949. -
His First Book
In 1957 Thomas Kuhn wrote his first book called The Copernican Revolution where he studied the heliocentric theory of the solar system. -
His Second Book
What Thomas is known for is Paradigm Shifts which is from his second book called, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, he argued that scientific research and thought are defined by “paradigms,” or conceptual world-views, that consist of formal theories, classic experiments, and trusted methods. Britannica, T. E. (2018, July 14). Thomas S. Kuhn. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn -
A Paradigm
A paradigm is a comprehensive model of understanding that provides a field's members with viewpoints and rules on how to look at the field's problems and how to solve them.
A paradigm happens in five steps, 1.Normal Science 2. Model Drift 3. Model Crisis 4. Model Revolution 5. Paradigm Change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasVTgZc9Gw The Kuhn Cycle. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/KuhnCycle.htm -
Third Book
In 1978 Thomas Kuhn wrote Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity. -
In The End
Thomas Kuhn died, age 73, of cancer on June 17, 1996 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had been suffering from throat and lung cancer for two years. Home. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/
