托馬斯·庫恩（Thomas S. Kuhn，1922—1996）， 美國物理學傢、科學哲學傢、科學史傢，被譽為“二戰後最具影響力的一位以英文寫作的哲學傢”（理查德·羅蒂語）。

庫恩於1949年獲物理學博士，後執教於加州大學、麻省理工學院等，任麻省理工學院語言學哲學勞倫斯·洛剋菲勒名譽教授（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：西方思想發展中的行星天文學》、《必要的張力》、《黑體理論和量子的不連續性》等。

伊安·哈金（Ian Hacking），加拿大多倫多大學榮譽教授，法蘭西學院“科學概念史與哲學”教授。

金吾倫，中國社會科學院哲學所研究員、博士生導師。

鬍新和，中國科學院研究生院人文學院教授、博士生導師。

"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"""