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KUHN THOMAS S - GEBRAUCHT THE STRUCTURE OF SCIE...

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 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. This new edition of Kuhn's essential work in the history of science includes
an insightful introductory essay by Ian Hacking  which clarifies terms popularized by Kuhn 
including paradigm and incommensurability  and applies Kuhn's ideas to the science of today.
Usefully keyed to the separate sections of the book  Hacking's essay provides important
background information as well as a contemporary context. Newly designed  with an expanded
index  this edition will be eagerly welcomed by the next generation of readers seeking to
understand the history of our perspectives on science.

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