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Thomas S. Kuhn

20th century

Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–1996) was an American physicist, historian, and philosopher of science, best known for his groundbreaking 1962 work 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.' He introduced the concepts of 'paradigms,' 'normal science,' and 'scientific revolutions,' fundamentally reshaping how we understand scientific progress. He taught at several universities, including Princeton and MIT, and his ideas sparked intense debate across multiple disciplines.

History and Philosophy of Science

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912

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