Unconventional Thinking and the Progress of Science

Progress in science occurs not through the collective recapitulation of knowledge, but through those rare minds that, often in the face of persecution, ridicule, heresy, and academic ostracism, challenge established paradigms.

Using the framework presented by Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, this course examines case studies of genius, evaluating the cultural forces that nurtured and stifled creativity.