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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

by Thomas Kuhn · 1962

Thomas Kuhn's influential account of paradigms, normal science, and scientific revolutions.

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Thomas Kuhn · Historian of science

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It's a history of science book that explores the question of whether science and technology make consistent forward progress.

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Thomas KuhnHistorian of science

Author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.