The structure of scientific revolutions / Thomas S. Kuhn

Offers an in depth look at the nature of science and the paths that it has taken - paths it will inevitably continue to take in the future - to evolve to the place it now sits. Kuhn sketches quite a different concept of science than what we have been led to believe throughout history. Kuhn helps us understand what kinds of processes are gone through to disprove an existing theory, and also the technique needed to develop new theories which may eventually be accepted by the scientific community. Kuhn starts off with a brief introduction of the role for history, which he then relates to a term called normal science which will be defined later in this summary. Next, Kuhn explains the difference between paradigms, normal science, and scientific discoveries. The scientific discoveries lead to scientific theories which can cause crises within the scientific community. These crises can lead to a scientific revolution which will potentially change the way the world views a particular subject - referred to by Kuhn as a paradigm shift. eng