List of Father's of different fields (Science)

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In this post, we are going to learn about some of the important scientists / inventors / mathematicians of the past and the present who made significant contributions in the field of Science and Me...

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List of Father's of different fields (Science)

In this post, we are going to learn about some of the important scientists / inventors / mathematicians of the past and the present who made significant contributions in the field of Science and Medicine and were acknowledged as Father of their respective fields.

List of Top Influential Fathers of Science: Pioneers Who Shaped the Field(3)

Father of Science
Galileo Galilei
Father of Scientific Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Father of Modern Computer Science
Alan Turing

Physics(15)

Father of Physics
Albert Einstein
Mother of Modern Physics
Marie Curie
Father of Nuclear Physics
Ernest Rutherford
Father of Modern Astronomy
Nicolaus Copernicus
Father of Electricity
Benjamin Franklin / Michael Faraday(for Kerala PSC)
Father of Thermodynamics
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
Father of Relativity
Albert Einstein
Father of Aviation
George Cayley
Father of Quantum Mechanics
Max Planck
Father of Atom Bomb
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Father of Hydrogen Bomb
Edward Teller
Father of Radio Science in India
J. C. Bose
Father of Indian Nuclear Science
Homi Jehangir Bhabha
Father of the Indian Space Programme
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
Father of Quantum Mechanics
Max Planck

Chemistry(8)

Father of Modern Chemistry
Antoine Lavoisier
Father of Organic Chemistry
Friedrich Wöhler
Father of Physical Chemistry
Wilhelm Ostwald
Father of Nuclear Chemistry
Otto Hahn
Father of Modern Biochemistry
Carl Alexander Neuberg
Father of Indian Chemistry
P.C. Roy
Father of Green Chemistry
Paul Anastas
Father of Periodic Table
Dmitri Mendeleev

Biology(3)

Father of Biology
Aristotle
Father of Botany
Theophrastus
Father of Zoology
Aristotle

- Father of Concept of Evolution– Charles Darwin(for Kerala PSC)/ Empedocles.*(15)

Father of Microbiology
Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek
Father of Modern Bacteriology
Robert Koch
Father of Nanotechnology
Richard P. Feynman(for Kerala PSC)/ Richard Smalley.*
Father of Taxonomy
Carl Linnaeus
Father of Binomial Nomenclature
Carl Linnaeus
Father of Cloning
Ian Wilmut
Father of Biodiversity
Edward O. Wilson
Father of Plant Pathology
Heinrich Anton de Bary
Father of Palynology
Erdtman
Father of Modern Ecology
Eugene P. Odum
Father of Agriculture
Norman Borlaug
Father ofSoil Science
Vasily Vasilevich Dokuchaev
Father of the Green Revolution
Norman Ernest Borlaug
Father of the Green Revolution in India
M. S. Swaminathan
Father of Surgery
Sushruta

Mathematics(6)

Father of Mathematics
Archimedes
Father of Numbers
Pythagoras
Father of Geometry
Euclid
Father of Trigonometry
Hipparchus
Father of Algebra
Diophantus
Father of Calculus
Sir Issac Newton

Social Sciences(25)

Father of Anthropology
Herodotus
Father of Geography
Eratosthenes
Father of Regional Geography
Karl Ritter
Father of Systematic Geography
Alexander Von Humbolt
Father of Modern Geology
James Hutton
Father of Modern Geology in India
James Rennell
Father of History
Herodotus
Father of Modern History
William Stubbs
Father of Greek Democracy
Cleisthenes
Father of Modern Democracy
John Locke
Father of Political Science
Aristotle
Father of Renaissance
Francesco Petrarca
Father of Humanism
Francesco Petrarca
Father of Reformation
Martin Luther King
Father of Sociology
Auguste Comte
Father of Socialism
Robert Owen
Father of Scientific Socialism
Karl MarxFather of Modern Education –John Amos Comenius**
Father of Economics
Adam SmithFather of Modern Economics– Adam Smith
Father of Macroeconomics
John Maynard KeynesFather of Modern Finance –Eugene F. FamaFather of Accounting and Bookkeeping –Luca PacioliFather of Statistics –Ronald FisherFather of Microcredit –Muhammad Yunus
Father of Co-operation
Robert OwenFather of Administrative Management Theory– Henry Fayol
Father of Modern Management
Peter Georg Ferdinand DruckerFather of Modern Management Theory– Henry Fayol
Father of Mass Communication
Wilbur Schramm
Father of Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
Father of Emotional Intelligence
Dr. Daniel Goleman
Father of Public Relations
Edward L. Bernays

Applied Sciences & Technology(10)

Father of Electrical Engineering
Michael Faraday
Father of Civil Engineering
John Smeaton
Father of Civil Engineeringin India
Sir Mokshagundam Vishveshwarayya
Father of Light Bulb
Thomas Edison
Father of Motion Picture Camera
Thomas Edison
Father of Architecture
Imhotep
Father of Photography
Louis Daguerre
Father of Railways
George Stephenson
Father of Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Father of Television
Vladimir K. Zworykin