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Education
To introduce Thomas Kuhn in this timeline, it’s better to illustrate the amount of education he endeavored. This portrays the qualifications that he possesses when learning about his discoveries. Initially, Kuhn had a well established background at a young age with mathematics and science courses that then developed into a passion for physics. -
The Copernican Revolution
Given that Thomas Kuhn was a well educated man and more than qualified to simply share his views on scientific methods, he wrote multiple books regarding the structure of science. Kuhn’s first book was The Copernican Revolution and it portrayed the ideas of astronomy; this gave an insight and understanding of the universe which is initially a complex field of study. . -
The Paradigm Shift
A significant discovery that Thomas Kuhn is known for is his writings on the Structure of Scientific Revolution in which includes the famous paradigm shifts. An ultimate understanding of the different scientific approaches that scientists take and their thought process when experimenting. Kuhn’s outlook on this contains four phases that an individual goes through. For instance, there is ‘normal science,’ the ‘model crisis,’ ‘the model revolution,’ ‘the paradigm change.’ -
The Essential Tension
Thomas Kuhn’s book called Essential Tension consisted of an accumulation of his research and published essays. Since he contributed significant studies for astronomy and the very known paradigm shifts, there were additional studies for several other aspects of science that he discovered. Describing the change and traditional ways of science. This particular book shedded light on The Structure of Scientific Revolution and gave an autobiography portion regarding Thomas Kuhn himself.