Thomas Kuhn AKA Thomas Samuel Kuhn Born: 18-Jul-1922 Birthplace: Cincinnati, OH Died: 17-Jun-1996 Location of death: Cambridge, MA Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author, Philosopher Nationality: United States Executive summary: Structure of Scientific Revolutions Although never directly stated, was most likely an atheist. Wife: Jehane Kuhn (two daughters, one son) Daughter: Sarah Kuhn Daughter: Elizabeth Kuhn Son: Nathaniel Kuhn
University: BS Physics, Harvard University University: PhD Physics, Harvard University (1949) Professor: Harvard University Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1956-64) Professor: Philosophy and History of Science, Princeton University (1964-79) Professor: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979-)
The Harvard Crimson Guggenheim Fellowship 1954 George Sarton Medal 1982 Draft Deferment: World War II
Author of books:
The Copernican Revolution (1957) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change (1977) Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912 (1987) The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993 (2000, essays)
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