Biology
Who is often called the "Father of Modern Biology"?
Aristotle — he was one of the first to systematically study living things.
Who is often credited as the "Father of Modern Physics"?
Isaac Newton.
Who created the periodic table that we still use today?
Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869
Why was Darwin’s theory of evolution considered so controversial when he first published it?
It challenged widely held beliefs about creation and human origins in the mid-1800s.
What scientific revolution in the early 1900s completely changed how physicists thought about space and time?
Einstein’s theory of relativity, which overturned Newtonian physics in some cases.
Before the modern atomic theory, what did ancient philosophers like Democritus believe matter was made of?
Indivisible units called “atomos,” which was more of an idea than a scientific theory at the time.