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Thomas Samuel Kuhn is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. [1]
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Kuhn obtains his PhD in physics from Harvard University. [5]
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Kuhn publishes his masterwork, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", in which he proposes there are two types of mature physical science—"normal science" and "extraordinary" or "revolutionary science". [2] This provided significant cultural and historical context for the progression of scientific knowledge. The periodic revolutions seen in science he called a "paradigm change", where the old worldview is usurped by the new. [3]
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"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" second edition is published, in which Kuhn adds a postscript wherein he provides some clarification on the ambiguous notion of the paradigm, as well as explains his "different worlds" position in greater detail. [4] Thomas Kuhn Speaking About His Famous Book, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"
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Kuhn dies at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts at 73 years of age. [5]
