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Thomas Kuhn Birth
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 18, 1922 -
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Thomas Kuhn's Transition
Kuhn got a SB degree in physics in 1943 from Harvard University. Where he spent a lot of his teachings in the early part of his educational life. He also got a AM and PhD degree in physics in 1946 and 1949. This three years of academic freedom were crucial for him to switch to history and philosophy of science. -
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Kuhn's Teachings
Thomas taught a history of science course at Harvard from 1948 until 1956 then decided to leave Harvard. Then going to teach at the University of California, Berkeley in both the philosophy department and history as well. Where he then was named Professor of the history of science. -
Kuhn's turn to Quantum Theory
This is when Kuhn decides to address other matters where people are actually surprised he does not mention the paradigms or incommensurability. "In the 1960s Kuhn’s historical work turned toward the early history of quantum theory, culminating in his book Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity." -
Thomas Kuhn and Niels Bohr Interview
Kuhn interviewed Niels Bohr in 1961 a Danish physicist who made contributions to understanding atomic structure. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
This book "was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift, which has since become an English-language idiom." The book literally put the scientific revolutions that already happened or are going to happen into a specific term and phases of science. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kuhn -
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Kuhn Joins MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kuhn Joins MIT from 1979-1991 as the Professor of Philosophy I would say a well earned position. -
Kuhn's Death
Kuhn died in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1996 two year after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
