Everything on this planet is based upon some kind of
             structure. Human beings have anatomy, plants have cell
             structure within them, and there are even tiny particles all
             around us, each with their own specific structure and form.
             In Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,
             Kuhn shows the formula which not only makes up our belief
             system, but defines science as we know it. Kuhn begins his
             work by stating the fact that everything we know is based
             upon some system of beliefs. These "beliefs" or paradigms,
             as Kuhn calls them, are simply half truths that are put into
             our minds at a young age, and are believed despite the lack
             of proof showing that they are true. This according to Kuhn
             helps create the job of normal science. Normal science is
             there to research and help us understand the paradigms which
             When discussing the structure of scientific revolution,
             one must first begin with the time period called the
             pre-paradigmatic era. This was a time when people knew
             little about the natural world in which they lived, and
             based their beliefs upon non scientific data. During this
             time period, different people could interpret nature in
             different ways. At some point in time, these different
             interpretations vanished, and we were left with a single
             theory about some part of nature. Slowly, the old thinkers
             died out, and we were left with a single fact which everyone
             lived by. This is called a paradigm. Kuhn defines a paradigm
             "accepted examples of actual scientific practice,
             examples which include law, theory, application, and
             instrumentation together--[that] provide models from
             which spring particular coherent traditions of
             scientific research....Men whose research is based on
             shared paradigms are committed to the same rules and
             standards for scientific practice." (Kuhn 10)
             Despite having universal agreement, paradigms do not explain
             all that the...