Structure Scientific Revolutions by Kuhn Thomas, First Edition (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Third Edition; 1st Printing Thus. Third Edition; First Printing Thus. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of tendency to lift at the outside edge of the front panel and the mildest rubbing to the panels; a small, faint spot of stain at the top edge amd several faint spots at the fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5. 25 x 0.65 inches) Index. Language: English. Weight: 9 ounces. University Press Paperback. Thomas S. Kuhn (1922 1996) was an American historian and philosopher of science. This book, 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions', was influential in both academic and popular circles. In it he introduced the term 'paradigm shift', which has since become an English-language idiom. Kuhn made several claims concerning the progress of scientific knowledge: first, that scientific fields undergo periodic "paradigm shifts" rather than solely progressing in a linear and continuous way, and, second, that these paradigm shifts open up new approaches to understanding what scientists would never have considered valid before; and third, that the notion of scientific truth, at any given moment, cannot be established solely by objective criteria but is defined by a consensus of a scientific community. Competing paradigms are frequently incommensurable; that is, they represent competing and irreconcilable accounts of reality. Thus, our comprehension of science can never rely wholly upon "objectivity" alone. Science must account for subjective perspectives as well, since all objective conclusions are ultimately founded upon the subjective conditioning of its researchers and participants. This is 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 embodied in an almost unbroken series of startling aphorisms. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiv, 212 pages. pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Bedno, Ed (illustrator). First Edition. 1968 softcover 6th printing of the 1962 first edition in blue, black and tan wraps. Phoenix Books in Science Series: P159. The covers show some creasing, light abrasion and edge wear. The binding is tight with spine creases. Former owner's name is printed on the front cover and is stamped and printed on the half-title page. The interior is highlighted through the first quarter of the book, else clean. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.

Condition: Used - Very Good. 1963. Paperback. 1st ed, 2nd impression (1963). Printed on journal quality paper, normal wear to wraps considering. Age toned. Fmr owner plate inside front wrap. Back top corner creased. Binding is sound and internals clean. Old damp stain to top coner. Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. First monograph appearance of Kuhn's landmark work. University of Chicago Press, 1962; "Published 1962" stated, no additional printings indicated; xv, 172pp. In printed yellow wraps, as issued. Well-worn copy, from a private collection. Spine is creased, sewn bind remains intact; wraps worn at edges, a few small close tears and creases; front cover attached but may become precarious without careful handling; previous owner ink stamp and inscription on front end page; scattered pen/pencil markings in text/margins. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Outer cover marked and rubbed and curled at edges and corners. Spine slightly worn. Book edge curled as if carried in a pocket. One or two pencil lines marking key passages, otherwise clean and tight. A very good sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A Very Good or slightly better copy in blue cloth of the 1968 sixth printing of the original hardcover edition (first printing was 1962), in a price-clipped Good dust jacket with shallow chipping at the spine tips (not affecting lettering). Light tanning at the top edge of the text block, clean/unmarked within. The binding is sound, and there is little wear to the covers. (Not ex-library.). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. An ex-library copy in heavy maroon cloth containing these five items, each bound in retaining the original paper front cover but not the rear cover. All are first edition/first printings, from 1944, 1962, 1961, 1939 and 1939. The usual ex-libris markings to covers and endpapers, and with accession stamps to the covers of Neurath, Edel and Woodger. Kuhn has brief pencil library accession markings. All text is clean/unmarked. Cover soiling, but none within. Book.

PAPERBACK. FIRST EDITION. VOL 2, # 2 OF THE "FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNITY OF SCIENCE" BOOK'S YELLOW WRAPS ARE MODERATELY FOXED GIVING THE IMPRESSION OF BEING A BIT GRUBBY, THE SPINE BROWNED, ADN THE TEXT IS FOXED AT THE PRELIMINARY AND TERMINAL LEAVES AT THE FORE-EDGE OF THE PAGES. STILL A NICE UNMARKED COPY OF THE WRAPS ISSUE. VERY GOOD IN PRINTED YELLOW WRAPS.

First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In very good condition with light rubbing and wear. With the publication of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn challenged long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas donâ t arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation but that the revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of â normal science,â as he called it. Though Kuhn was writing when physics ruled the sciences, his ideas on how scientific revolutions bring order to the anomalies that amass over time in research experiments are still instructive in our biotech age. â One of the most influential books of the 20th century. . . . Singlehandedly changed the way we think about mankindâ s most organized attempt to understand the world" (The Guardian). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest non-fiction books of the twentieth century.

First Edition. First trade edition, first printing. (Hardcover issue perhaps simultaneously with the paperback edition as a monograph in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science series; priority is uncertain.) xv, [1], 172 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in metallic blue. American intellectual and critic Lionel Trilling's copy from his estate with his signature on the front free endpaper. Like Kuhn Trilling was a historian of ideas (though more oriented towards literature) and a defender of "the moral obligation to be intelligent," as one of his better-known essays was titled. Near Fine, slight smudge to Trilling's signature, light wear, text free of markings. In Good+ dust jacket with chip to bottom front corner of front panel, toning and light wear. The scarce cloth issue of Kuhn's acclaimed history of science; even less common than the wrappered issue.

First Edition. First trade edition, first printing. (Hardcover issue perhaps simultaneously with the paperback edition as a monograph in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science series; priority is uncertain.) xv, [1], 172 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with trivial wear to cloth at extremities, boards slightly splayed at fore edges, former owner name and label to front free endpaper and very light pencil marking in text. In a Near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear, toning heaviest at spine and edges. The scarce cloth issue of Kuhn's acclaimed history of science; even less common than the wrappered issue.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Publisher's yellow wraps printed in black. Near Fine with fading to spine, light soiling, small stain to front cover and light shelf wear. Kuhn's acclaimed history of science.