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== Paradigm Shift ==  

== Paradigm Shift ==  

Thomas Kuhn's book ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,'' popularized the term ''scientific revolution'' (and [[paradigm shift]]) to describe changes in accepted scientific thinking that are not necessarily rational or leading to progress. The Copernican model of the revolution of the Earth was his best example.

Thomas Kuhn's book ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,'' popularized the term ''scientific revolution'' (and [[paradigm shift]]) to describe enormous changes in accepted scientific thinking in a particular scientific field brought about by a new theory that accounted for far more observations than the previously accepted theory, and resolved anomalies for which the previously dominant theory could not account. The Copernican model of the revolution of the Earth around the Sun was one of his many examples.<ref>T.S.Kuhn, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", University of Chicago Press, 1970.</ref>

==Notes and references==  

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