Structure and revolution are rightly up front in the title of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. He was convinced that not only are there scientific revolutions but also that they have a structure. He laid out this structure with great care: normal science (routine scientific work), with its specific accompanying paradigm and a dedication to solving puzzles; followed by serious anomalies produced by research, which lead to a crisis; and finally resolution of that crisis by the creation of a new paradigm.
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