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Birth
He was born on July 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio. -
Thomas Kuhn’s first book
Thomas Kuhn’s first book is “The Copernican Revolution”. The book went over the making of the heliocentric theory of the solar system during the Renaissance era. He wrote the book as a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. This help made his name a little famous for his next book. -
Thomas Kuhn’s Second book
Thomas Kuhn’s second book and his important book is “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”. In the book he coined the term "paradigm shift”, and changed the way we think about science. It’s one of the most citied academic works. This made Kuhn a very famous scientist. -
Thomas Kuhn’s Third Book
One of Kuhn’s more popular essays are “The Essential Tension”. The Essential Tension goes over the history of science and the philosophy of science. These essays may have never existed if it wasn’t for the German scientist Suhrkamp Verlag of Frankfurt and German editor Lorenz Küger. -
Thomas Kuhn’s Last Book
One of Kuhn’s last published series of essays is “The Technical Study Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity”. It goes over black body theory and Quantum Discontinuity. The book is very tailored towards those who have a very deep understanding of physics. -
Death
Thomas Kuhn passed away on August 17, 1996 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.