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24 alternatives to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Kuhn challenged linear notions of scientific progress

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Beginning of Infinity▲64

   Exploration of the Nature and Progress of Knowledge

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Shape of Time▲62

   Remarks on the history of things

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Deep Simplicity▲62

   Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Zero-Sum Society▲61

   Distribution and the possibilities for economic change

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Third Circle Theory▲62

   Purpose Through Observation

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes▲53

   Evolution, Theoretical Physics and Computer Science

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital▲70

   The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to▲66

   Information, networks, complexity to understand Economics

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned▲61

   The myth of the objective

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Rational Optimist▲77

    How prosperity evolves

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Seven Brief Lessons on Physics▲61

    Lean and lucid descriptions of modern physics

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Organized Mind▲70

    Thinking straight in the age of information overload

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Diamond Age▲81

    Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and nano-technology

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Black Swan▲80

    The impact of the highly improbable

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Second Machine Age▲66

    Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Tools for Thought▲69

    The history and future of mind-expanding technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Critical Path▲60

    how humanity found itself in its current situation

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Unscientific America▲54

    How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Rise of the Creative Class▲68

    A somewhat controversial but hugely influential book

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Light▲58

    A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56

    Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics

    2016 · its alternatives →

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