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Kuhn's revolution was not yet a Kuhnian revolution, although he dated his intention to write the book that became Structure to the time of his wrestle with Aristotle. What he needed was a historical exemplar. He found it in the Copernican revolution.

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John L. Heilbron

John L. Heilbron

Born: March 17, 1934
Died: November 5, 2023 (aged 89)
Bio: John Lewis Heilbron was an American historian of science best known for his work in the history of physics and the history of astronomy.
Known for:
  1. The Sun in the Church (1999)
  2. Geometry civilized (1998)
  3. Electricity in the 17th and 18th centuries (1979)

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