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Normal science
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<p>Normal science, identified and elaborated on by <a href="/facts/Thomas_Samuel_Kuhn/gIHlTbdr">Thomas Samuel Kuhn</a> in <i><a href="/facts/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions/vTzWCJpX">The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</a></i>, is the regular work of <a href="/facts/Scientists/JDvthEFM">scientists</a> theorizing, observing, and experimenting within a settled <a href="/facts/Paradigm/HXpK3X7a">paradigm</a> or explanatory framework. Regarding <a href="/facts/Science/IJoaD7rs">science</a> as puzzle-solving, Kuhn explained normal science as slowly accumulating detail in accord with established broad <a href="/facts/Scientific_theory/moMsLrUn"> theory</a>, without questioning or challenging the underlying assumptions of that theory. </p>