
The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
Thomas S. Kuhn
The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
Thomas S. Kuhn
Kuhn has the unmistakable address of a man, who, so far from wanting to score points, is anxious above all else to get at the truth of matters.
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- University of Chicago Press
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- 9780226217239
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Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1980)
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