Bible-Believing Men who Founded (or Made Major Contributions to) Scientific Disciplines (after Henry Morris) Scientist Contribution Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Scientific method Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) Physical astronomy, Laws of planetary motion Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Hydrostatics, Hydrodynamics, Differential calculus, Probability Robert Boyle (1627-1691) Modern chemistry, Gas dynamics John Ray (1627-1705) Natural history (Biology) Nicolas Steno (1631-1686) Stratigraphy Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Dynamics, Calculus, Gravitation Karl von Linné