The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Name: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Author: Thomas Kuhn

by Thomas Kuhn

How scientific paradigms shift and alternate realities emerge in knowledge

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Thomas Kuhn

American historian and philosopher of science whose The Structure of Scientific Revolutions introduced the concept of the paradigm shift into general discourse. He argued that science does not progress by simple accumulation but through revolutionary breaks in which one paradigm replaces another. It is the most cited academic book of the 20th century.

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