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Researched1962 · Atomic & Space Age (1945 – 1990)

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Paradigm Shifts (Kuhn)

Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) describes science as stable 'normal' periods broken by paradigm shifts.

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A physicist turned historian, he argued that scientists work inside shared frameworks until anomalies pile up and force a revolution. The book started the modern history and sociology of science, and 'paradigm shift' entered everyday language.

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