num_pages: 390
description: "Kuhn has the unmistakable address of a man, who, so far from wanting to score points, is anxious above all else to get at the truth of matters."—Sir Peter Medawar, Nature
language: English
title: The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
titlecomplete: The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
genres: Physics, History, Philosophy, Science, History Of Science, Nonfiction, Academic
ratings_count: 138
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Science (Paperback)
publisher: University of Chicago Press