托马斯·库恩（Thomas S. Kuhn，1922—1996）， 美国物理学家、科学哲学家、科学史家，被誉为“二战后最具影响力的一位以英文写作的哲学家”（理查德·罗蒂语）。

库恩于1949年获物理学博士，后执教于加州大学、麻省理工学院等，任麻省理工学院语言学哲学劳伦斯·洛克菲勒名誉教授（the Laurence Rockefeller Professor Emeritus of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology）。主要著作有：《哥白尼革命：西方思想发展中的行星天文学》、《必要的张力》、《黑体理论和量子的不连续性》等。

伊安·哈金（Ian Hacking），加拿大多伦多大学荣誉教授，法兰西学院“科学概念史与哲学”教授。

金吾伦，中国社会科学院哲学所研究员、博士生导师。

胡新和，中国科学院研究生院人文学院教授、博士生导师。

"A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . Kuhn does not permit truth to be a criterion of scientific theories, he would presumably not claim his own theory to be true. But if causing a revolution is the hallmark of a superior paradigm, [this book] has been a resounding success." --Nicholas Wade, "Science" "Perhaps the best explanation of [the] process of discovery." --William Erwin Thompson, "New York Times Book Review" "Occasionally there emerges a book which has an influence far beyond its originally intended audience. . . . Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of ""Scientific Revolutions" . . . has clearly emerged as just such a work." --Ron Johnston, "Times Higher Education Supplement" "Among the most influential academic books in this century." --"Choice" One of "The Hundred Most Influential Books Since the Second World War," "Times Literary Supplement"""