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Kuhn's birth
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on July 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA into an affluent family. His parents called him Tom. His younger brother Roger was born three years later. (https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/) -
Education
He discovered his passion for physics and mathematics at The Taft School in Watertown, from where he graduated, in 1940. (https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-kuhn-3455.php) -
Kuhn's working duties
In the fall of 1948, while still working on his physics doctorate, Kuhn embarked on a three-year program as a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. With no teaching duties, he focused entirely on developing his ideas as a science historian and philosopher. (https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/) -
Education (extended)
In 1943, he graduated from Harvard University with a B.S in Physics. He also obtained a M.S. and Ph.D. degree from the Harvard University in 1946 and 1949, respectively. (https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-kuhn-3455.php) -
Kuhn's working duties (extended)
From 1948 to 1956 he taught the history of science at Harvard. (http://www.softschools.com/facts/scientists/thomas_kuhn_facts/1908/) -
... Kuhn & Bohr
Kuhn interviewed Niels Bohr just before Bohr's death about the philosophical conceptions. (http://www.softschools.com/facts/scientists/thomas_kuhn_facts/1908/)
(https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/4517-5) -
Paradigm Shift (The Kuhn cycle )
A great example of the Kuhn Cycle that has been worked on by Kuhn himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn8cCDtVd5w -
"The Essential Tension"
‘The Essential Tension’, a collection of his essays on philosophy and the history of science, was published. (https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-kuhn-3455.php) -
Second historical monograph
His second historical monograph on the early history of quantum mechanics, ‘Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity’ was published, in 1988. (https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-kuhn-3455.php) -
The death of Thomas Kuhn
The brilliant mind of Mr. Kuhn passed away to the world on June 17, 1996, Cambridge, MA
