Thomas Kuhn. Thomas Samuel Kuhn (/ˈkuːn/; July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996) was an American physicist, historian, and philosopher of science whose controversial 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was deeply influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term "paradigm shift", which has since become an English-language staple.
Life[edit] Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Samuel L. Kuhn, an industrial engineer, and Minette Stroock Kuhn. He graduated from The Taft School in Watertown, CT, in 1940, where he became aware of his serious interest in mathematics and physics. He obtained his B.S. degree in physics from Harvard University in 1943, where he also obtained M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics in 1946 and 1949, respectively. Thomas Kuhn was married twice, first to Kathryn Muhs with whom he had three children, then to Jehane Barton Burns (Jehane R. Kuhn was an agnostic.[4] His family was Jewish on both sides. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions[edit] Honors[edit] The Copernican Revolution: planetary ... - Google Books. The Life of Copernicus (1473-1543) - Google Books. Thomas Kuhn. First published Fri Aug 13, 2004; substantive revision Thu Aug 11, 2011 Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922–1996) is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century, perhaps the most influential.
His 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is one of the most cited academic books of all time. Kuhn's contribution to the philosophy of science marked not only a break with several key positivist doctrines, but also inaugurated a new style of philosophy of science that brought it closer to the history of science. His account of the development of science held that science enjoys periods of stable growth punctuated by revisionary revolutions. To this thesis, Kuhn added the controversial ‘incommensurability thesis’, that theories from differing periods suffer from certain deep kinds of failure of comparability. 1. Thomas Kuhn's academic life started in physics. In 1964 Kuhn left Berkeley to take up the position of M. 2. 3. Copernic skull found in Poland ! Nicolaus Copernicus - eNotes.com Reference. Nicolas Copernic.
Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Nicolas Copernic Signature Biographie[modifier | modifier le code] Études[modifier | modifier le code] Toruń (en allemand : « Thorn »), la ville où est né Nicolas Copernic Il retourne alors chez son oncle, qui tente de le faire élire chanoine au chapitre de la cathédrale de Frombork. Sans attendre la confirmation de son élection (en 1497[5]), il se rend en 1496 en Italie où il étudie à l'université de Bologne le droit canonique puis le droit civil[6], mais aussi la médecine et la philosophie. Selon Rheticus, « il fut moins le disciple que l'assistant et le témoin des observations du très savant Dominicus Maria »[8]. En 1500, il donne, d'après Rheticus[10], une conférence sur l'astronomie à Rome, et y observe une éclipse partielle de lune. À la fin de ses études, en 1503, il quitte définitivement l'Italie et réintègre son diocèse. Humaniste aux activités multiples[modifier | modifier le code] Nicolas Copernic tenant un muguet, attribut du médecin.
The Copernican Revolution by Thomas S. Kuhn. Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0674171039, Paperback) For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical problem can alter our basic thought processes and attitudes. Understanding the processes which underlay the Revolution gives us a perspective, in this scientific age, from which to evaluate our own beliefs more intelligently. With a constant keen awareness of the inseparable mixture of its technical, philosophical, and humanistic elements, Mr.
Kuhn displays the full scope of the Copernican Revolution as simultaneously an episode in the internal development of astronomy, a critical turning point in the evolution of scientific thought, and a crisis in Western man's concept of his relation to the universe and to God. Esnips. The Genuine Copernican Cosmological Principle. The Copernican Revolution (book) The Copernican Revolution is a 1957 book by Thomas Kuhn. An analysis of the Copernican Revolution, it documents the pre-Ptolemaic understanding through the Ptolemaic system and its variants until the eventual acceptance of the Keplerian system.[1] Kuhn argues that the Ptolemaic system provided broader appeal than a simple astronomical system but also became intertwined in broader philosophical and theological beliefs.
Kuhn argues that this broader appeal made it more difficult for other systems to be proposed.[2][3][4][5] Khun summarized at the end of The Copernican Revolution, citing the permanent achievements of Copernicus and Newton, while comparing the incommensurability of Newtonian physics with Aristotelian concepts that preceded the then new physics. Kuhn also noted that discoveries, such as that produced by Newton, were not in agreement with the prevailing world view during his lifetime.[5] Armitage (1959). Toruń - oficjalna strona miejska. 074884fo.