The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

First published in 1962, this essay in the history and philosophy of science argues that research proceeds under shared paradigms until anomalies accumulate and a community abandons one framework for another. Kuhn describes normal science as puzzle-solving, then crisis, then revolution, using cases such as Copernican astronomy, Lavoisier's chemistry, and Einsteinian physics. Textbooks, he claims, hide the breaks by rewriting the past as a straight line. The book is an argument about how scientific communities change their minds, not a biography of discoverers and not a laboratory manual.

Quarter bound in pale blue spine gilt and black blocked cloth with colour image printed paper sides. 12 pages of colour plates, plus 9 integrated black & white scientific illustrations. Plain slipcase.