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This is a list of scientific laws named after people (eponymous laws). For other lists of eponyms, see eponym. Law Field Person(s) Named After Abel's theorem: Calculus:
This is a list of scientific equations named after people (eponymous equations). [1. Equation Field Person(s) named after Adams–Williamson equation: Seismology: L ...
A taxon (e.g., species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons are known as patronyms. Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to ...
This is a list of scientific phenomena and concepts named after people (eponymous phenomena). ... Sabatier or Sabattier effect – Sabat[t]ier, first name unknown;
This list of chemical elements named after people includes elements named for people both directly and indirectly. Of the 118 elements, 19 are connected with the names of 20 people. 15 elements were named to honor 16 scientists (as curium honours both Marie and Pierre Curie). Four others have indirect connection to the names of non-scientists. [1]
This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whomever else it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . The list
This is a list of scientific units named after people.For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.By convention, the name of the unit is properly written starting with a lowercase letter (except where any word would be capitalized), but the first letter of its symbol is a capital letter if it is derived from a proper name.
For example, Salmonella is named after D.E. Salmon, who discovered it (albeit as "Bacillus typhi" [1]). [2] For the generic epithet, all names derived from people must be in the female nominative case, either by changing the ending to -a or to the diminutive -ella, depending on the name. [3]