Thomas Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions"

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Why do new scientific ideas suddenly catch on and change how we see the world?  Fifty years ago, Thomas Kuhn called this a "paradigm shift."  University of Wisconsin historian of science Tom Broman reflects on Kuhn's influence, and we hear excerpts from his landmark book, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions."