Thomas Samuel Kuhn; Author, Scientific Historian
Thomas Samuel Kuhn, 73, a philosopher and popular author on the history of science and technology. Born in Cincinnati, Kuhn studied physics at Harvard and taught there and at UC Berkeley, Princeton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His 1962 book, “The Structure of Scientific Revolution,” was printed in a dozen languages and sold 1 million copies. Kuhn was also remembered for his 1957 book “The Copernican Revolution.” On Monday in Cambridge, Mass., of cancer.
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