And if you're a fan of KCL philosophy (where DG was a professor for years), then find the NYTimes book review by David Papineau (also a KCL professor) on "Karl Popper: The Formative Years".

Do you mean UCL? He was in their STS department. I should know--I'm somewhat friendly with Gillies (or was).

And I had dinner with Papineau about six months back after a talk because of a thing, and it was a free dinner, and he drank like a fish. Papineau said his first book was influenced by Popper to a great deal, but he no longer accepts it. But Papineau is a strange person, although his views on philosophy of games are somewhat interesting. You're free to believe me or Papineau or neither, if you like.

In the Preface to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Kuhn mentions Fleck's book on the philosophy of science as "an essay that anticipated many of my own ideas."

The same is true of Polanyi and Popper. I wish more people outside sociology of science read Polanyi. It's a real shame.

And, yes, I think if you're going to suggest that Popper had an influence on the shaping of the Quine-Duhem thesis, you'd better have a good story of how Popper influenced Duhem.

I said Popper had a response to the Duhem-Quine thesis, not that he shaped its development (I'm unaware of Popper ever being in contact with Quine personally).

Anyway, good luck with the PhD. It sounds very interesting. Nice chatting with you. I'm going to read some late Popper in your honor.

Thank you. Nice chatting with you too. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I'll do my best to help out. Try /r/askphilosophy or shoot me a private message (or post your thoughts in a self-post if you like).