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Birth
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio -
Bachelor's in physics
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Master's in physics
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Ph.D in history of science
Although his previous degrees were in physics he switches to history in science this leading more into philosophy of science -
The Copernican Revolution
His first book that studied the development if the heliocentric theory.(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica) -
Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
His most influential piece of work that has had the biggest impact on philosophy of science. Introduces the term Paradigm. "It is a package of claims about the world, methods for gathering and analyzing data, and habits of scientific thought and action."(Godfrey-Smith) -
Death
Thomas Kuhn died in Cambridge, Mass.