The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 4th Edition
50th-Anniversary Edition
$27.20
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2012
Summary
A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were—and still are. “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” is that kind of book. When it was first published in 1962, it was a landmark event in the history and philosophy of science. And fifty years later, it still has many lessons t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226458120 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0226458121 |
| Author: | Thomas S. Kuhn |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 2mm x 14mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
“Thomas S. Kuhn didn’t invent the phrase paradigm shift, but he popularized it and gave it the meaning it has today. He also triggered one when he published The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962…. After Kuhn, we can no longer ignore the fact that however powerful science is, it’s as flawed as the scientists who do it.” -Time, All-Time 100 Best Nonfiction Books “Occasionally there emerges a book which has an influence far beyond its originally intended audience…. Thomas S. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions… has clearly emerged as just such a work.” -Ron Johnston, Times Higher Education Supplement “The book really did change ‘the image of science by which we are now possessed.’ Forever.” -Ian Hacking, from the Introduction “Perhaps the best explanation of the process of discovery.” -William Irwin Thompson, New York Times Book Review “A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field…. If causing a revolution is the hallmark of a superior paradigm, Structure has been a resounding success.” -Nicholas Wade, Science “Among the most influential academic books in this century.” -Choice”
Thomas S. Kuhn
Thomas S. Kuhn (1922-96) was the Laurence Rockefeller Professor of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include The Essential Tension; Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912; and The Copernican Revolution.
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