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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Scientific progress depends on paradigms, the shared frameworks of accepted theories and knowledge.
Chapter 3: Encountering anomalies in their work forces scientists to reconsider the prevailing paradigms.
Chapter 4: A scientific crisis erupts when anomalies undermine and fracture the accepted paradigm.
Chapter 5: Scientific change is revolutionary: as new paradigms arise, old ones must be abandoned.
Chapter 6: A scientific revolution transforms viewpoints, opening up entirely new paths of discovery.
Description
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) is a groundbreaking study in the history of science and philosophy. It explains how scientists conduct research and provides an interesting (if controversial) explanation of scientific progress.
Who Should Listen
- Students of the sciences, philosophy and history
- Participants in Mark Zuckerberg’s Year of Books
- Anyone who’s interested in the history of thought