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Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and always carried a love for the math and scientist arts, but did not discover his true passion for it until he graduated from The Taft School in Watertown and began to pursue a careeer in it. -
Kuhns time at Harvard
Once discovering his passion for the math and scientific arts, Kuhn took his talents to Harvard University. Once there Kuhn obtained his B.S degree in physics in 1943. During this time Kuhn became part of what is called a “Harvard Junior Fellow” this was a pivotal event for Kuhn as it allowed him to switch his main focus from physics to science and the history of it. Kuhn also obtained his MS and PhD in physics in his time as a student as well. -
Thomas Kuhns most influential work
Thomas Kuhn is the father to the theory of “Paradigm Shift”. While Kuhn wrote many book only two are truly considered major works, his first one being ‘ The Copernican Revolution’ published in 1957. Kuhns most popular and highest selling book was ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolutions’ published in 1962. In this book Kuhn discussed how the norms of science changed and how it came about. -
Paradigm Shifts
In Thomas Kuhns book ‘ The Structure of Scientic Revolutions’, Kuhn discussed how science was broken up into two groups of normal science and extraordinary science. This in turn would change the “norm” of how all scientist viewed a certain topic or went about things. This was a first for the scientific community as no one before Kuhn really went into on how a normal paradigm was set which in turn created a uproar within the field.Here is a clip https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tasVTgZc9Gw -
The death and success of Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn died June 17, 1996 while being diagnosed with lung cancer. While he has moved on into the next life Kuhns influence is still here today. Kuhns breakdown of scientific revolutions changed the way the scientific community views itself entirely. The way we approach problems, and the information we choose to believe has all been affected by Kuhn. And I believe it is for the greater good, we should always strive to falsify one another before believing in one final answer.
