List Of People Considered Father Or Mother Of A Scientific Field
Those known as the father or mother of a scientific field are considered to be the founder of that scientific field. In some fields several people are considered the founders, while in others the title of being the "mother" or "father" is debatable. The father of science is Thales.
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to remember and a list
of things I want to forget,
but I see they are the same list.”
—Linda Pastan (b. 1932)
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