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Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Thomas Kuhn graduated in 1943 from Harvard with a B.S. in Physics. He was also a "Harvard Junior Fellow" for 3 years which influenced his decision to switch from physics to history and the philosophy of science. From there he would go on to earn his M.S. and Ph.D in 1946 and 1949. -
Thomas Kuhn wrote a book called "The Copernican Revolution" in 1957. In this book he talks about Copernicus' Heliocentric model and how it influenced society during the Renaissance. -
In 1962, Kuhn writes "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". It is in this book where he first coins the term "Paradigm Shift". A paradigm shift is a discovery or breakthrough in science that forces change on other aspects of science. An example would be the discovery of germs and how it changed the way hospitals performed surgeries by using sterilization of their equipment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cp6pEzx3uw -
Thomas Kuhn died at the age of 73 from lung cancer in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Published by the University of Chicago Press in 2002, this book is a collection of Thomas Kuhn's most important work. This collection was written posthumously by James Conant and John Haugeland.