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Birth
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Minette Stroock Kuhn and Samuel L Kuhn -
Thomas Kuhn obtains BS in physics
Thomas Kuhn obtains a BS degree in physics from Harvard. -
Thomas Kuhn is named Guggenheim Fellow
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn publishes his most famous work, while teaching at Berkeley. The Structure of Scientific Revolution is a book focused on the history of science as seen by Thomas Kuhn. Thomas Kuhn discusses things such as "normal science" and challenges the prominent views on the subject . -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Normal Science
Normal scientific progress at the time considered to be "development-by accumulation" of all the accepted facts and theories. What Kuhn had suggested was periods of revolutionary science would interrupt such periods of continuity. He stated that during these revolutions in science that the discovery of oddities would lead to new paradigms. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Paradigm Shift Stages
in his book, Kuhn explains that there are four stages in the development of a paradigm shift. These stages are normal science, extraordinary research, adoption of a new paradigm, and aftermath of the scientific revolution. It is important to note that after a new paradigm is adopted and begins to be adopted, it will be eventually institutionalized and become dominant. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Paradigm Shifts
The concept of a paradigm shift was identified by Thomas Khun in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The paradigm shift occurs when there is a change in the concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline that were considered to be vital . Kuhn originally coined the phrase for natural sciences but the concept has since spread to be used in numerous ways to include non-scientific contexts.
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Thomas Kuhn is awarded the George Sarton Medal
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Death
Died in Cambridge, Masseschussets.
