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Who is the father of physics?
« on: 20/12/2016 09:44:24 »
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Who is the father of physics?
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #1 on: 27/02/2017 13:53:40 »
Quote from: sanu on 20/12/2016 09:44:24
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Who is the father of physics?
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Archimedes would be a good shout.
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #2 on: 27/02/2017 15:17:23 »
I would choose Planck or Lorenz and of course Maxwell who's name I could not recall despite being well equated with his work.
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #3 on: 27/02/2017 20:14:55 »
I vote for Galileo.
  • He used experiments, thought experiments and mathematics to understand the world.
  • These are the tools of modern physics.
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #4 on: 21/07/2018 11:05:29 »
My vote is for Albert Einstein who came up with some of the most important ideas in modern physics, such as the theory of relativity and the famous equation E = mc2
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #5 on: 27/07/2018 19:15:35 »
I think Aristotle wrote the first dedicated book on the subject.

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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #6 on: 28/02/2020 09:54:32 »
The father of modern physics is Newton.
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #7 on: 28/02/2020 10:35:59 »
Would the mother be Marie Curie?
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #8 on: 29/02/2020 20:11:50 »
Marie Curie is the mother of radioactivity. Its father is Henri Becquerel.
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #9 on: 28/04/2020 10:59:27 »
Ernest Rutherford - the father of nuclear physics
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #10 on: 18/06/2020 06:25:40 »
Quote from: sanu on 20/12/2016 09:44:24
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Galileo Galilei is widely referred to as the father of physics. Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein are known as the Fathers of modern Physics.
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Re: Who is the father of physics?
« Reply #11 on: 15/07/2020 01:34:15 »
I don't know about the father of physics but the mother of physics was probably Merit-Ptah female court physician in Second Dynasty Egypt around 2700 BCE, She probably kept Pharaoh comfortable on the throne with her concoctions.
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    « Reply #12 on: 27/07/2020 16:09:20 »
    English language is confusing, calling doctors physicians while their job is much more related to chemistry and biology; sure, chemistry is applied physics and biology is chemistry in motion, but still, that's a stretch that I had trouble assimilating when learning that language.
    But to come back to the topic, yes, it'd definitely be Aristotle or Archimedes.
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    Re: Who is the father of physics?
    « Reply #13 on: 29/07/2020 08:56:42 »
    Quote from: OliVDB on 27/07/2020 16:09:20
    But to come back to the topic, yes, it'd definitely be Aristotle or Archimedes.
    Aristotle held back science for thousands of years with his ideas, but Archimedes did use the scientific method.
    Eratosthenes of Cyrene successfully measured the diameter of the earth to within a surprising degree of accuracy using a scientific method.
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    Re: Who is the father of physics?
    « Reply #14 on: 29/07/2020 10:20:03 »
    Quote from: OliVDB on 27/07/2020 16:09:20
    English language is confusing, calling doctors physicians while their job is much more related to chemistry and biology; sure, chemistry is applied physics and biology is chemistry in motion, but still, that's a stretch that I had trouble assimilating when learning that language.
    The medical doctors were using the word "physiology " long before physics was a subject of study.

    It's derived from Phusis - the Greek word for "nature".

    Quote from: Colin2B on 29/07/2020 08:56:42
    Aristotle held back science for thousands of years with his ideas
    To be fair, while he made mistakes, the problem was that later philosophers worshipped him and refused to accept that he as wrong.
    He could hardly be blamed for "holding science back" a thousand years after he died.
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    Re: Who is the father of physics?
    « Reply #15 on: 29/07/2020 15:29:30 »
    Quote from: Bored chemist on 29/07/2020 10:20:03
    To be fair, while he made mistakes, the problem was that later philosophers worshipped him and refused to accept that he as wrong.
    He could hardly be blamed for "holding science back" a thousand years after he died.
    You are right, it was mainly the hero worship that did it. He did, however, reject some interesting ideas such as the fledgling atom theory and heliocentric universe, also he wasn’t in favour of using maths which is why I would go with Eratosthenes or Archimedes.
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    Re: Who is the father of physics?
    « Reply #16 on: 31/07/2020 09:01:49 »
    Quote from: Colin2B on 29/07/2020 08:56:42
    Aristotle held back science for thousands of years with his ideas, but Archimedes did use the scientific method.

    Well, I've re-read some of Artistotle's works, sounds like you'r eright, I hadn't read him in a while and it shows.
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    Re: Who is the father of physics?
    « Reply #17 on: 31/07/2020 11:25:11 »
    Quote from: OliVDB on 27/07/2020 16:09:20
    English language is confusing, calling doctors physicians while their job is much more related to chemistry and biology;

    Oh it gets much worse.

    The Professor of Physic teaches biochemistry to medical students who will be called Dr without holding a doctorate, whilst those who study surgery will call themselves Mr or Ms even if they have a PhD or MD.

    I spend a lot of time doing medical physics for practitioners of physical medicine - osteopaths, chiropractors and physiotherapists - who don't practice medicine.

    But my vote is for Galileo whose simple reductio ad absurdam on gravitation demolished Aristotle, rationalised most of mechanical engineering, and made the conservation of energy a fundamental formalism of physics.
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    Re: Who is the father of physics?
    « Reply #18 on: 01/12/2020 23:59:28 »
    That depends on how you view it and which aspect in physics you're talking about. I would say that in general, it's probably either Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, or Albert Einstein.
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