
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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Narrated by:
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Dennis Holland
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By:
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Thomas S. Kuhn
About this listen
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. Fifty years later, it still has many lessons to teach.
With The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn challenged long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation but that the revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of "normal science", as he called it. Though Kuhn was writing when physics ruled the sciences, his ideas on how scientific revolutions bring order to the anomalies that amass over time in research experiments are still instructive in our biotech age.
Note: This new edition of Kuhn's essential work in the history of science includes an insightful introduction by Ian Hacking, which clarifies terms popularized by Kuhn, including paradigm and incommensurability, and applies Kuhn's ideas to the science of today.
©1996 The University of Chicago (P)2009 Audible, Inc.Critic Reviews
Khun presents a seemingly well-founded interpretation of science history that does not critique the scientific community so much as lay bare the natural order of science.
If you have any interest in science whatsoever, you can't go past this.
An essential read for scientists and laymen alike
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Intriguing, an important first step...
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Tough to follow but interesting content
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meh
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Utterly inaccessible
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