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Monday, May 23, 2022

Basic timeline of Thomas Kuhn

This post is a basic timeline of philosopher Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996). There are 13 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1922: Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1940: Receives degree in physics from Harvard University
• 1948: Begins teaching at Harvard University
• 1957: Publishes The Copernican Revolution
• 1956: Begins teaching at the University of California, Berkeley
• 1961: Publishes The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science
• 1962: Publishes The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
• 1964: Begins teaching at Princeton University
• 1977: Publishes The Essential Tension
• 1979: Begins teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1982: Receives George Sarton Medal
• 1987: Publishes Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity
• 1996: Died at age 73 in Cambridge Massachusetts