The Resume

(July 18, 1922-June 17, 1996)
Wrote 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,' 'The Road Since Structure,' 'Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912,' 'The Copernican Revolution,' 'The Essential Tension'

Why he might be annoying:

His last name is a homonym of a racial slur.
He switched his Ph.D. topic 'just' before his original thesis was finished.
He's directly responsible for the over use and abuse of the word 'paradigm.'
He maintained that scientists do not uncover truth, but rather make progress within their own world views.
He felt that 'Structures' was widely misunderstood and spent the majority of his career arguing against misinterpretations.

Why he might not be annoying:

He graduated from Harvard.
Unlike previous philosophers of science, he knew what it was like to work in a laboratory, giving him a perspective that had previously been missing within the subject.
He battled cancer.
His work has been tremendously influential.
He switched to philosophy after reading Aristotle's 'Physics.'

Credit: Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• I Attended Harvard
• I Died in 1996 (Ranked: 73)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Have Lung Cancer
• Modern Library's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (Ranked: 69)
• Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm's Profiles [Series 2]
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Philosophers: 20th Century [1900-2000]
• Profiles 8001-8250 (Ranked: 8098)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 73.53% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 89 Votes: 50.56% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 169 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 236 Votes: 48.31% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 307 Votes: 44.30% Annoying