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The Beginning
Thomas Kuhn was born July 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He spent his early years going to private schools that focused on free-thinking rather than specific subjects. After high school he received his BS in Physics from Harvard University in 1943. He gained his Master's in Physics in 1946 and his Doctorate in 1949. From then until 1956 Kuhn taught General Education in a Science Curriculum at Harvard. This proved to be instrumental to his switch to the History of Science. -
The Copernican Revolution
In 1957 Kuhn published his book titled, "The Copernican Revolution". In this book Thomas Kuhn documents his analyzation of the Copernican Revolution by discussing the, "pre-Ptolemaic understanding through the Ptolemaic system and its variants until the eventual acceptance of the Keplerian system". -
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The Thick of It
In 1956 Kuhn had moved to The University of California at Berkeley, but in 1961 became a full time professor there in the Philosophy of Science department. The time period from 1957 when he published his last book until assuming this position in 1961 proved to instrumental in the effect he would have on the philosophy of science and the scientific community, because it allowed him to really focus on his interest on philosophical science. -
Game Changer
In 1962 Thomas Kuhn published his, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" which was published in the “International Encyclopedia of Unified Science” series. This is where he first outlines his theory on Scientific Revolutions and uses the term paradigm and paradigm shift. This publication is Kuhn's most notable contribution. It was a game changer for the scientific community. What a paradigm is can be explained here link text. -
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Wrap-up
From 1962 when his paradigm theory was published, Kuhn continued to teach and refine his theory. Later he published a second edition to his "The Theory of Scientific Revolutions" to better define what he meant by "paradigm". He later died June 17, 1996 at age 73 of lung cancer.
