"Fathers"
Father of Modern Atomic Theory
Dalton
Proposed the earth-centered model of solar system
Ptolemy
Looked for the origin of life without a Creator
Anaximander
Science pointed to God
Bacon
Attempting to transform lead (common) into gold (rare)
Alchemy
Father of Life Sciences
Aristotle
Looked for order in the stars and planets
Thales
Developed the Theory of Evolution
Darwin
An Egyptian doctor
Imhotep
Explained the Law of Mass Conservation
Lavoisier
Father of Modern Chemistry
Boyle
Proposed the sun-centered model of solar system
Copernicus
Invented the microscope
Leeuwenhoek
Believed math and science were closely related
Archimedes
Gave the 3 Laws of Motion and the Universal Law of Gravitation
Newton
Father of Atomic Theory
Leucippus
Believed that everything was made of air
Anaximenes
Studied genetics using pea plants
Mendel
Special relativity and the equation E=mc2
Einstein
A branch of study dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world
Science
Father of the Scientific Method
Grosseteste
Thought everything was comprised of sand
Democritus
Attempted to classify all living creatures
Linnaeus