List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field - wikipedia List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field The following is a list of people who are considered a `` father '' or `` mother '' ( or `` founding father '' or `` founding mother '' ) of a scientific field. Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and / or delineation of that field ; they may also be seen as `` a '' rather than `` the '' father or mother of the field. Debate over who merits the title can be perennial. As regards science itself, the title has been bestowed on the ancient Greek philosophers Thales -- who attempted to explain natural phenomena without recourse to mythology -- and Democritus, the atomist. Contents 1 Natural sciences 1.1 Biology 1.2 Chemistry 1.3 Earth sciences 1.4 Medicine and physiology 1.5 Physics and astronomy 2 Formal sciences 2.1 Mathematics 2.2 Systems theory 3 Social sciences 3.1 Economics 3.1. 1 Schools of thought 3.1. 2 Theories 4 Other fields 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References Natural Sciences Biology Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Bacteriology Robert Koch / Ferdinand Cohn / Louis Pasteur First to produce precise, correct descriptions of bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Biogeography Alfred Russel Wallace ``... Often described as the Father of Biogeography, Wallace shows the impact of human activity on the natural world. '' Biology Aristotle Ecology Carl Linnaeus / Ernst Haeckel / Eugenius Warming Linnaeus founded an early branch of ecology that he called The Economy of Nature ( 1772 ), Haeckel coined the term `` ecology '' ( German : Oekologie, Ökologie ) ( 1866 ), Warming authored the first book on plant ecology. Plantesamfund ( 1895 ). Entomology Jan Swammerdam Johan Christian Fabricius Fabricius described and published information on over 10,000 insects and refined Linnaeus 's system of classification. William Kirby Ethology Nikolaas Tinbergen Karl von Frisch Konrad Lorenz The modern discipline of ethology is generally considered to have begun during the 1930s with the work of Nikolaas Tinbergen, Konrad Lorenz and Karl von Frisch, joint awardees of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Evolution Natural selection Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species ( 1859 ). Genetics Gregor Mendel For his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants, which forms the basis for Mendelian inheritance. William Bateson Proponent of Mendelism. Ichthyology Peter Artedi `` Far greater than either of these... was he who has been justly called the Father of Ichthyology, Petrus ( Peter ) Artedi ( 1705 -- 35 ). '' Lichenology Erik Acharius `` Erik Acharius, the father of lichenology... '' Microbiology Antonie van Leeuwenhoek The first to microscopically observe micro-organisms in water and the first to see bacteria. Molecular biology Linus Pauling Molecular biophysics Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran Founded the ( world 's first ? ) molecular biophysics unit ( 1970 ). Paleontology Leonardo da Vinci George Cuvier Parasitology Francesco Redi The founder of experimental biology and the first person to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies. Protozoology Antonie van Leeuwenhoek First to produce precise, correct descriptions of protozoa. Taxonomy Carl Linnaeus Devised the system of naming living organisms that became universally accepted in the scientific world. Virology Dmitry Ivanovsky Martinus Beijerinck The first men to discover viruses ( 1892 ). Chemistry Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Atomic theory ( early ) Democritus Founder of atomism in cosmology. Atomic theory ( modern ) Father Roger Boscovich First coherent description of atomic theory. John Dalton First scientific description of the atom as a building block for more complex structures. Chemical thermodynamics ( modern ) Gilbert Lewis / Willard Gibbs / Merle Randall / Edward Guggenheim Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances ( 1923 ) and Modern Thermodynamics by the Methods of Willard Gibbs ( 1933 ), which made a major contribution to the use of thermodynamics in chemistry. Chemistry ( early ) Jabir ( `` Geber '' ) ibn Hayyan ( died 815 ) Introduced the experimental method to Islamic alchemy. Chemistry ( modern ) Antoine Lavoisier Elements of Chemistry ( 1787 ) Robert Boyle The Sceptical Chymist ( 1661 ) Jöns Berzelius Development of chemical nomenclature ( 1800s ) John Dalton Revival of atomic theory ( 1803 ) Green chemistry Paul Anastas Design and manufacture of chemicals that are non-hazardous and environmentally benign. Nuclear chemistry Otto Hahn Applied Radiochemistry ( 1936 ) First person to split an atomic nucleus ( nuclear fission, 1938 ) Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this discovery ( 1944 ) Periodic table Dmitri Mendeleev Arranged the sixty - six elements known at the time in order of atomic weight by periodic intervals ( 1869 ). Physical chemistry Mikhail Lomonosov The first to read lectures in physical chemistry and coin the term ( 1752 ). Jacobus van ' t Hoff Jacobus van ' t Hoff is considered to be one of the founders of the discipline of physical chemistry. His work helped found the discipline as it is today. Svante Arrhenius Devised much of the theoretical foundation for physical chemistry. On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances ( 1876 ), Thermodynamik chemischer Vorgange ( 1882 ). Wilhelm Ostwald `` Wilhelm Ostwald is considered one of the founders of the discipline of physical chemistry... '' Hermann von Helmholtz Earth Sciences Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Geochemistry ( modern ) Victor Goldschmidt For developing the Goldschmidt classification of elements. Early Geodesy ( mathematical geography ) Eratosthenes Eratosthenes was first to write the word ' Geography ' ( from Geo - and - graphy, literally `` writing about the Earth '' ) Modern Geodesy Al - Biruni Geology ( modern ) Father Nicholas Steno James Hutton For setting down most of the principles of modern geology. For formulating uniformitarianism and the Plutonic theory. Limnology ( modern ) G. Evelyn Hutchinson Mineralogy Georgius Agricola Meteorology Naval oceanography ( modern ) Matthew Fontaine Maury Plate tectonics Alfred Wegener Acoustical oceanography Leonid Brekhovskikh Stratigraphy Father Nicholas Steno Speleology Édouard - Alfred Martel Began the first systematic exploration of cave systems and promoted speleology as a field separate from geology. Medicine and Physiology Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Anatomy ( modern ) Marcello Malpighi Audiology Raymond Carhart ``... the Father of Audiology himself, Raymond Carhart at Northwestern University... '' `` Carhart notch : A decrease in the bone - conduction hearing at the 2000 Hz region of patients with otosclerosis first reported by and therefore named after the father of audiology, Raymond Carhart. '' Biophysics Hermann von Helmholtz Biomechanics Christian Wilhelm Braune First to describe the methodology of human gait walking. Bioelectromagnetics Luigi Galvani First to discover animal electricity through a series of experiments. Cognitive therapy Aaron T. Beck `` In developing ways to do this, Beck became the father of cognitive therapy, one of the most important developments in psychotherapy in the last 50 years. '' The Prospect of Immortality ( 1962 ) Cryonics Robert Ettinger Dentistry ( modern ) Pierre Fauchard Electrophysiology Emil du Bois - Reymond The discoverer of nerve action potential. Emergency medicine Peter Safar Frank Pantridge Safar pioneered CPR, intensive - care units and developed standards for EMT, ambulance design and equipment. Pantridge : Epidemiology ( modern ) John Snow Fitness Jack LaLanne Gynaecology J. Marion Sims Histology Marcello Malpighi Human anatomy ( modern ) Vesalius De humani corporis fabrica ( 1543 ) Medical genetics Victor McKusick Mendelian Inheritance in Man Medicine ( early ) Imhotep Charaka Hippocrates None. Wrote the Charaka Samhitā and founded the Ayurveda system of medicine. Prescribed professional practices for physicians through the Hippocratic Oath. Medicine ( modern ) Sir William Osler Neurosurgery Harvey Cushing Developed techniques that considerably reduced the risks involved with brain surgery in the early 20th Century. Neuroscience Santiago Ramón y Cajal Comprehensive work on structure of the brain. Nursing ( modern ) Florence Nightingale See Nursing # History. Nutrition ( modern ) Justus von Liebig Antoine - Laurent Lavoisier `` Justus Von Liebig, the ' father of modern nutrition ', developed the perfect infant food. It consisted of (... ) '' `` In addition to being known as the Father of Modern Chemistry, Lavoisier is also considered the Father of Modern Nutrition, as the first to discover the metabolism that occurs inside the human body... '' Organ transplantation Thomas Starzl Performed the first human liver transplant and established the clinical utility of anti-rejection drugs including ciclosporin. Developed major advances in organ preservation, procurement and transplantation. Orthopedic surgery ( modern ) Hugh Owen Thomas He stressed the importance of rest in treatment and was responsible for many landmark contributions to orthopaedic surgery. He was especially celebrated for his design and use of splints ; the famous Thomas knee splint was still in wide use at the end of World War II. Pathology ( modern ) Rudolf Virchow Founded modern Pathology and Social Medicine and published Die Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begründung auf physiologische und pathologische Gewebelehre which is regarded as the basis of modern medical science. Psychology ( experimental ) Wilhelm Wundt Founded the first laboratory for psychological research. Pediatrics Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi ( `` Rhazes '' ) Wrote The Diseases of Children, the first book to deal with pediatrics as an independent field. Physiology Claude Bernard An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine ( 1865 ) Physical culture Bernarr Macfadden `` It delighted the heart of our old friend Bernarr Macfadden, ' the Father of Physical Culture, ' when we told him how much athletic activity and good sportsmanship had to do with the rehabilitation of boys. '' Plastic surgery Sushruta Harold Gillies Wrote the Sushruta Samhita. Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud Psychophysics Gustav Fechner Elements of Psychophysics ( 1860 ) Space medicine Hubertus Strughold `` After Wernher von Braun, he was the top Nazi scientist employed by the American government, and he was subsequently hailed by NASA as the ' father of space medicine ' '' Surgery ( early ) Sushruta Wrote the Sushruta Samhita. Surgery ( modern ) Abu al - Qasim ( `` Abulcasis '' ) al - Zahrawi Guy de Chauliac Ambroise Paré John Hunter Joseph Lister William Stewart Halsted See also Father of modern surgery Kitab al - Tasrif ( 1000 AD ). Chirurgia magna Leader in surgical techniques, especially the treatment of wounds. Experimental, scientific approach to surgery. Use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic. Introduction of residency system in the United States. Toxicology Paracelsus Physics and astronomy Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Acoustics Ernst Chladni For important research in vibrating plates Atomic bomb Enrico Fermi J. Robert Oppenheimer Leslie Groves Edward Teller For their role in the Manhattan Project Aerodynamics Nikolai Zhukovsky George Cayley Zhukovsky was the first to undertake the study of airflow, was the first engineer scientist to explain mathematically the origin of aerodynamic lift. Cayley Investigated theoretical aspects of flight and experimented with flight a century before the first airplane was built Physical cosmology Albert Einstein ( founder ) Henrietta Leavitt ( mother ) Edwin Hubble ( father ) Leavitt discovered Cepheid variables, the `` Standard Candle '' by which Hubble later determined galactic distances. Einstein 's general theory of relativity is usually recognized as the theoretic foundation of modern cosmology. Classical mechanics Isaac Newton ( founder ) Described laws of motion and law of gravity in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica ( 1687 ) Electricity William Gilbert Michael Faraday Book : De Magnete ( 1600 ) Discovered electromagnetic induction ( 1831 ) Electrodynamics André - Marie Ampère Book : Memoir on the Mathematical Theory of Electrodynamic Phenomena, Uniquely Deduced from Experience ( 1827 ) Energetics Willard Gibbs Publication : On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances ( 1876 ) Experimental physics ( founder ) Ibn al - Haytham ( Alhazen ) For introducing experimental method into physics with his Book of Optics ( 1021 ) Modern astronomy Nicolaus Copernicus Developed the first explicit heliocentric model in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ( 1543 ) Nuclear physics Ernest Rutherford Developed the Rutherford atom model ( 1909 ) Nuclear science Marie Curie Pierre Curie Optics Ibn al - Haytham ( Alhazen ) Correctly explained vision and carried out the first experiments on light and optics in the Book of Optics ( 1021 ). Physics ( early ) Ibn al - Haytham ( Alhazen ) Francis Bacon Alhazen developed rigorous experimental methods of controlled scientific testing to verify theoretical hypotheses and substantiate inductive conjectures. Developed Baconian method in his Novum Organum ( 1620 ). Physics ( modern ) Galileo Galilei His development and extensive use of experimental physics, e.g. the telescope Plasma physics Irving Langmuir Hannes Alfvén Langmuir first described ionised gas as plasma and observed fundamental plasma vibrations, Langmuir waves. Alfvén pioneered the theoretical description of plasma by developing magnetohydrodynamics. Quantum mechanics Max Planck ( founder ) Werner Heisenberg Stated that electromagnetic energy could be emitted only in quantized form Relativity Albert Einstein ( founder ) Pioneered special relativity ( 1905 ) and general relativity ( 1915 ) Spaceflight ( rocketry ) Robert Hutchings Goddard Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Hermann Oberth Goddard launched the first liquid - fueled rocket. Tsiolkovsky created the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation. Thermodynamics Sadi Carnot ( founder ) Publication : On the Motive Power of Fire and Machines Fitted to Develop that Power ( 1824 ) Formal Sciences Mathematics Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Algebra ( see also The father of algebra ) Muhammad Al - Khwarizmi ( Algorismi ) Brahmagupta Diophantus Full exposition of solving quadratic equations in his Al - Jabr and recognized algebra as an independent discipline. First use of symbolism ( syncopation ) in his Arithmetica. Algebraic topology Henri Poincaré Published Analysis Situs in 1895, introducing the concepts of homotopy and homology, which are now considered part of algebraic topology. Analysis Augustin - Louis Cauchy Karl Weierstrass Analytic geometry René Descartes Pierre de Fermat ( founders ) For their independent invention of the Cartesian Coordinate System Calculus Isaac Newton Gottfried Leibniz See Leibniz and Newton calculus controversy. Classical analysis Madhava of Sangamagrama Developed Taylor series expansions of trigonometric functions Computer science George Boole Alan Turing Rózsa Péter Invented Boolean logic, which is the basis of modern digital computer logic Provided an influential formalisation of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine. Considered the `` founding mother of recursion theory '', which provided the mathematical groundwork for computational theory. Descriptive geometry Gaspard Monge ( founder ) Developed a graphical protocol that creates three - dimensional virtual space on a two - dimensional plane Fractal geometry Benoît B. Mandelbrot Geometry Euclid Euclid 's Elements deduced the principles of Euclidean geometry from a set of axioms. Graph theory Leonhard Euler See Seven Bridges of Königsberg Italian school of algebraic geometry Corrado Segre Publications and students developing algebraic geometry Modern algebra Emmy Noether Provided the first general definitions of a commutative ring, and suggested that topology be studied algebraically. Combined the structure theory of associative algebras and the representation theory of groups into a single arithmetic theory of modules and ideals in rings satisfying ascending chain conditions. Non-Euclidean geometry János Bolyai, Nikolai Lobachevsky ( founders ) Independent development of hyperbolic geometry in which Euclid 's fifth postulate is not true Number theory Pythagoras Probability Gerolamo Cardano, Pierre de Fermat, Blaise Pascal, Christiaan Huygens ( founders ) Fermat and Pascal co-founded probability theory, about which Huygens wrote the first book Projective geometry Girard Desargues ( founder ) By generalizing the use of vanishing points to include the case when these are infinitely far away Tensor calculus Gregorio Ricci - Curbastro ( founder ) Book : The Absolute Differential Calculus Trigonometry Hipparchus Constructed the first trigonometric table. Vector algebra, vector calculus Willard Gibbs Oliver Heaviside ( founders ) For their development and use of vectors in algebra and calculus Systems Theory Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Chaos theory Henri Poincaré Mary Cartwright Edward Lorenz Poincaré 's work on the three - body problem was the first discovered example of a chaotic dynamical system. Cartwright made the first mathematical analysis of dynamical systems with chaos. Lorenz introduced strange attractor notation. Cybernetics Norbert Wiener Book Cybernetics : Or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. 1948. Dynamic programming Richard E. Bellman Fuzzy logic Lotfi Asker Zadeh Information theory Claude Shannon Article : A Mathematical Theory of Communication ( 1948 ) Optimal control Arthur E. Bryson Book : Applied Optimal Control Robust control George Zames Small gain theorem and H infinity control. Stability theory Alexander Lyapunov Lyapunov function System dynamics Jay Wright Forrester Book : Industrial dynamics ( 1961 ) Social Sciences Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Anthropology Herodotus Abū Rayhān al - Bīrūnī Bibliometrics Paul Otlet The term bibliométrie was first used by Paul Otlet in 1934 and defined as `` the measurement of all aspects related to the publication and reading of books and documents. '' Demography Ibn Khaldun Muqaddimah ( Prolegomena ) ( 1377 ) Egyptology Father Athanasius Kircher Jean - François Champollion First to identify the phoenetic importance of the hieroglyph, and he demonstrated Coptic as a vestige of early Egyptian, before the Rosetta stone 's discovery. Translated parts of the Rosetta Stone. Historiography Ibn Khaldun Wrote several essential books History Herodotus ( who also coined the term ) Indology Abū Rayhān al - Bīrūnī Wrote the Indica International law Alberico Gentili Francisco de Vitoria Hugo Grotius Influential contributions to the theory of international law, war and human rights Linguistics ( early ) Panini Wrote the first descriptive grammar ( of Sanskrit ) Linguistics ( modern ) Ferdinand de Saussure Noam Chomsky Sociology Ibn Khaldun Adam Ferguson Auguste Comte ( who also coined the term ) Marquis de Condorcet ( founder ) Wrote the first sociological book, the Muqaddimah ( Prolegomena ). `` Father of modern sociology '' Introduced the scientific method into sociology. Economics Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Accounting and Bookkeeping Luca Pacioli Establisher of accounting and the first person to publish a work on bookkeeping. Economics ( early ) Ibn Khaldun Chanakya / Kautilya Publication : Muqaddimah ( 1370 ) Publication : Arthashastra ( 400 BCE - 200 CE ) Economics ( modern ) Richard Cantillon Anders Chydenius Adam Smith First specific treatise on economics. The National Gain ( 1765 ), a pamphlet that included key ideas about free trade. The Wealth of Nations ( 1776 ). Evolutionary economics Ecological economics Thermoeconomics bioeconomics Nicholas Georgescu - Roegen The Entropy Law and the Economic Process ( 1971 ) Macroeconomics John Maynard Keynes Author of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money and groundbreaking economist, Keynes spearheaded a revolution in economic thinking. Prior to Keynes, the general consensus among economists was that the economy was self - fixing. During the Great Depression, when people began to realize that the economy would not fix itself, Keynes proposed that the government needed to intervene to combat excessive boom and bust. This idea was the largest influence in U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's New Deal. Mathematical economics Daniel Bernoulli Forerunner of the Tableau économique. Monetary economics Nicole Oresme ( c. 1322 - 1382 ) Irving Fisher ( 1867 - 1947 ) Milton Friedman ( 1912 - 2006 ) Oresme 's De Moneta. `` Irving Fisher (... ) spent his career studying questions about money and the economy - how money affects interest rates, how money affects inflation, and the impact of money on overall economic activity. For this work, he is regarded as the father of monetary economics. '' `` (... ) no less an authority than the University of Chicago 's Milton Friedman, the father of monetary economics, (... ) '' Microcredit Muhammad Yunus Founded Grameen Bank Personnel economics Edward Lazear Published the first paper in the field. Schools of thought Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Austrian School Carl Menger Communism Karl Marx Friedrich Engels David Ricardo School of Salamanca Francisco de Vitoria Highly influential teacher and lecturer on commercial morality Theories Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Expectations theory Thomas Cardinal Cajetan Recognised the effect of market expectations on the value of money Modern portfolio theory Harry Markowitz Social choice theory Kenneth Arrow Created the field with his 1951 book, Social Choice and Individual Values Other fields Field Person / s considered `` father '' or `` mother '' Rationale Science ( modern ) Galileo Galilei For systemic use of experimentation in science and contributions to scientific method, physics and observational astronomy Family and consumer science Ellen Swallow Richards Founded the American Association of Home Economics, currently the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. `` Bringing science into the home, Richards hoped to ``... attain the best physical, mental, and moral development '' for the family, which she believed was the basic unit of civilization. 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Question: who is known as the father of modern microbiology
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