The structure of scientific revolutions /
by Thomas S. Kuhn
- 2nd ed., enl
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1970
- xii, 210 p. ; 24 cm
- International encyclopedia of unified science. Foundations of the unity of science, v. 2, no. 2 .
- International encyclopedia of unified science ; v. 2, no. 2 .
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction: A role for history -- The route to normal science -- The nature of normal science -- Normal science as puzzle-solving -- The priority of paradigms -- Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries -- Crisis and the emergence of scientific theories -- The response to crisis -- The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions -- Revolutions as changes of world view -- The invisibility of revolutions -- The resolution of revolutions -- Progress through revolutions -- Postscript: 1969
An analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift