The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas S. Kuhn’s classic book is now available with a new index. A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field… . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms… . Kuhn does not permit truth to be a criterion of scientific theories, he would presumably not claim his own theory to be true. But if causing a revolution is the hallmark of a superior paradigm, [this book] has been a resounding success. –Nicholas Wade, Science
Perhaps the best explanation of [the] process of discovery. –William Erwin Thompson, New York Times Book Review
Occasionally there emerges a book which has an influence far beyond its originally intended audience… . Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of
Scientific Revolutions … has clearly emerged as just such a work. –Ron Johnston, Times Higher Education Supplement
Among the most influential academic books in this century. – Choice One of The Hundred Most Influential Books Since the Second World War,
Times Literary Supplement