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===Choice of username===
Thomas_Kuhn divides Sciences into two categories: paradigmatic and pre-paradigmatic. His definition of a Paradigm, which hinges on this dichotomy and on the mechanisms by which new dominant paradigms emerge, has become influential in discourse on the Philosophy_of_science.
The user, '''Polyparadigm''', studied Kuhn as part of an undergraduate degree in Materials_science, a science which could reasonably be classified as ''polyparadigmatic'' because of its heavy reliance on earlier paradigms (i.e. chemistry, physics, metallurgy, and the various disciplines of engineering) and the willingness of experts in the field to switch deftly between competing paradigms, or to work outside them where appropriate.
The user name was chosen to promote this view of materials science, and to show support for the Correspondence_principle as a framework for deeper and more general conflict resolution.
===Some of the pages I have started===
:Science/engineering:
:*Aggregate_(composite)
:*Barrier_metal
:*Bain, Edgar
:*Chlorosilane
:*Cotter_pin
:*Cryogenic_hardening
:*Dart_(missile)
:*Deep-level_trap
:*Diamond_cubic (though much of this content was gleaned from other articles)
:*Dimethyl_terephthalate (a precursor of Polyethylene_terephthalate)
:*Dynel
:*Ferrocerium aka Lighter_flint aka Auermetall (previously conflated with Flint!)
:*Glass_microsphere with redirects from Syntactic_foam, etc.
:*Grind (an article on the design of cutting edges, not to be confused with Grinding)
:*Lamellar_structure
:*Nucleation
:*Plastic_recycling
:*Polyketone
:*Peritectic & Eutectoid
:*Precipitation_hardening
:*Reinforced_carbon_carbon with redirect from RCC etc.
:*Simplesse
:*Shock_hardening, with Explosive_forging and Laser_shock
:*Shot_peening
:*Supercritical_drying
:*Titanium_nitride
:*Thermal_shock
:*Twin_boundary
:*Van_der_Waals_bond
:*Work_hardening & subset Shot_peening
:*Write_Once_Read_Many
:Other:
:*Carol_of_the_Bells
:*The_Word_for_World_is_Forest
:*Minor_characters_in_the_Baroque_Cycle, including Moseh de la Cruz & Jeronimo
:*Privatio_boni
:*Walter_Wink (previous stub was copyrighted material)
:*Myth_of_redemptive_violence
:*List_of_escort_aircraft_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy
:*Hearst_Memorial_Mining_Building
:*Flexi_disc
:*Pastry_bag
:*Category:Printworthy_stubs & its inverse
:*David_CernĂ½
:*Jacob's_ladder_(toy)
===Some of the pages I have made major contributions to===
:*Martensite
:*Dyneema aka Spectra_(fiber)
:*Thin-film_deposition
:*Cast_iron
:*Chemical-mechanical_planarization
:*Balloon_modelling
:*Cleavage_(crystal)
:*Gandy_dancer
==To do==
* Honeycomb_composite, Honeycomb_laminate, Sandwich_(composite) etc.: User:Polyparadigm/honeycomb
* Polyurethane edits rudely suggested in talk
* Heat_treatment rational rewrite: User:Polyparadigm/heat_treatment
* Barrier_metal should have its own page, since it's not only used for Copper-based_chips.