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Happy Birthday
Born a Cincinnati, Ohio native, Kuhn came into the world on the 17th of July, 1922. -
"The Copernican Revolution"
In his first book, Kuhn uses his famous critical eye to examine Copernicus's sensationalized book De revolutionibus. He voices concerns about Copernicus's methods of deduction, claiming them to be unscientific.
https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/ -
"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"
Called "one of the most influential works of history and philosophy written in the 20th century." Kuhn's second book introduces his infamous concept of Paradigm Shifts.
Here is a brief educational video about this concept:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasVTgZc9Gw
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn -
Our Condolences
On the 17th of June, 1996, almost a month shy of his 74th birthday, Thomas Kuhn died of lung cancer.
https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/
