Effective research scarcely begins before a scientific community thinks it has acquired firm answers to questions like the following: What are the fundamental entities of which the universe is composed? How do these interact with each other and with the senses? What questions may legitimately be asked about such entities and what techniques employed in seeking solutions?
Thomas Kuhn Quotes
Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.
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| Birth: | 18th July, 1922 |
| Death: | 17th June, 1996 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Historian, Philosopher, Physicist |
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