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considered "father" or "mother". Rationale. Science (modern) Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) [1] For systemic use of experimentation in science and contributions to scientific method, physics and observational astronomy. Science (ancient) Thales (c. 624/623 – c. 548/545 BC) [2] [3] Attempted to explain natural phenomena without recourse to ...
Rangaswamy Narasimhan. Rangaswamy Narasimhan (April 17, 1926 – September 3, 2007) was an Indian computer and cognitive scientist, regarded by many as the father of computer science research in India. [1] [2] He led the team which developed the TIFRAC, the first Indian indigenous computer [3] [4] and was instrumental in the establishment of ...
1918. Eccles, William and Jordan, Frank Wilfred. Patented the Eccles–Jordan trigger circuit, [23] the so-called "bistable flip-flop ", a building block of all digital memory cells. Built from vacuum tubes, their concept was essential for the success of the Colossus codebreaking computer .
Sir George Cayley [98] [99] Founding father of modern aerodynamics; first to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight— weight, lift, drag, and thrust; modern airplane design is based on those discoveries. American landscape architecture. Frederick Law Olmsted [100] Olmsted designed Central Park in New York City.
Hans Moravec. Raj Reddy. John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence. [1] He co-authored the document that coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI), developed the programming language family Lisp ...
The relationship between science and the Catholic Church is a widely debated subject. Historically, the Catholic Church has been a patron of sciences. It has been prolific in the foundation and funding of schools, universities, and hospitals, and many clergy have been active in the sciences. Some historians of science such as Pierre Duhem ...
The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. [1] Protoscience, early sciences, and natural philosophies such as alchemy and astrology during the Bronze Age, Iron Age, classical antiquity, and the Middle Ages declined ...
The world's first electronic digital computer, the Atanasoff–Berry computer, was built on the Iowa State campus from 1939 through 1942 by John V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics, and Clifford Berry, an engineering graduate student. In 1941, Konrad Zuse developed the world's first functional program-controlled computer, the Z3.