{"product_id":"9783032376497","title":"Thomas Kuhn as Historian","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThomas Kuhn as Historian\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAdam Timmins\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas Kuhn as Historian\u003c\/em\u003e is the companion volume to \u003cem\u003eThomas Kuhn: The Reluctant Revolutionary\u003c\/em\u003e by the same author and is the first book to focus exclusively on Kuhn’s historical writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book takes in \u003cem\u003eThe Copernican Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlack-Body Theory \u0026amp; The Quantum Discontinuity 1894-1912\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as Kuhn’s work on the Bohr Atom and the crisis of the old quantum theory. The book also assesses the relation of Kuhn’s historical work to his philosophical output as well as examining his strained relationship with the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge movement that \u003cem\u003eStructure\u003c\/em\u003e inadvertently inspired. Although by the end of his career Kuhn had abandoned the history of science entirely and was keen to stress his identity as a philosopher, Timmins argues that in the end Kuhn was probably a better historian of science than a philosopher of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas Kuhn as Historian \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for all scholars, researchers, and advanced students of the work of Thomas Kuhn, the philosophy of science, and the history of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Timmins\u003c\/strong\u003e is a post-doctoral fellow at the Foundation for the Philosophy of Historical Sciences and Historiography at the University of Ostrava. His publications include \u003cem\u003eTowards a Realist Philosophy of History\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) and \u003cem\u003eThomas Kuhn: The Reluctant Revolutionary\u003c\/em\u003e (2026).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032376497\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51691701895308,"sku":"9783032376497","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032376497","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}