Thomas Samuel Kuhn - Timeline 2

Born

Jul 18, 1922

Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born in the city of Cincinatti, Ohio (famousscientists, 2017)

Earned PhD

1949

Thomas earned his PhD in physics from Harvard University. (Pajares, 2021) After graduating Kuhn took a position as an assistant professor at Harvard University (Pajares, 2021).

Guggenheim Fellow

1954

Kuhn was named as a Guggenheim fellow from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (Guggenheim, 2020) Kuhn's field of study was history of Science and technology (Guggenheim, 2020)). Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts(Guggenheim, 2020)

UC- Berkeley

1956

Kuhn took at post at the University of California-Berkeley (Pajares, 2021)

Full Professor

1961

Kuhn became a full professor of history of science at USC- Berkeley (Pajares, 2021).

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

1962

Kuhn's book," The Structure of Scientific Revolutions " was published. Kuhn's concept of paradigm shifts and the Kuhn cycle are detailed in this book. Kuhn also argued, " that science is not a steady cumulative acquisition of knowledge. Instead, science is a series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions" (thwink, 2014). Kuhn' changed the scientific community. the book sold 1 million copies in 16 languages (thwink, 2014).

Kuhn's Cycle

1962

According to thwink.org steps are:
0 Prescience – Field has no workable paradigm to successfully guide its work.
1 Normal science- the normal step, where the field has a scientifically based model of understanding (a paradigm) that works.
2 Model Drift – The model of understanding starts to drift, due to the accumulation of anomalies, phenomenon the model cannot explain. See comment box for additional steps.

M Taylor Professor

1964

Kuhn was named M Taylor Professor of Philosophy and History of Science at Princeton University (Pajares, 2021).

Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT)

1979

Kuhn became a professor of Philosophy and History of Science at MIT(Pajares, 2021).

George Sarton Medal

1982

Kuhn received a George Sarton Medal in the History of Science (Pajares, 2021).

Lawrence S Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy

1983

Kuhn was named Lawrence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( Pajares, 2021)

Death

Jun 17, 1996

Thomas Kuhn died at the age of 73 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Pajares, 2021).