Towards a reinterpretation of Normal Science: Kuhn and the Physics of his time (1940-1951)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2011.v63.i1.492Keywords:
Progressive education, Solid-state physics, World War II, Radar, Jamming, Band theory, WKB, Quantum defect, Thomas Kuhn, Mara Beller, John Van Vleck, Wigner, SeitzAbstract
This paper deals with Thomas Kuhn’s experience as a physicist — his training in the field, his brief period as a physicist during World War II, and his doctoral research — from 1940 to 1951. Its aim is to offer a basis to assess statements as Mara Beller’s (1999) that Kuhn’s account of normal science is partially founded on personal circumstances and experience, and not only on the historical record or available evidence from the sociology of science — a thesis here considered highly credible.
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