Structure Of Scientific Revolutions

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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 & we forget how provocative & 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 & 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 & data accumulation but that revolutions in science those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking & 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 that clarifies terms popularized by Kuhn including paradigm & incommensurability & 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."