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Grace Oladunni Taylor (born 1937), Nigerian chemist, 2nd woman inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science; Omowunmi Sadik (born 1964), chemist, educator; Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi (born 1939), botanist and environmental archaeologist; Felicity Okpete Ovai (born 1961), engineer, civil servant, politician
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 page aims to list inventions and discoveries in which women played a major role. Objects List Object 1 - "Almond Water" Object 2 - “Level Keys” (Trimmed; Open for Rewrite) Object 3 - "Smiler Repellent" In revision, please wait for this file to update Object 4 - "Deuclidators" Object 5 - "Candy" Object 6 - "The Mirror" Object 7 - "Memory Jar" Object 8 - "Lamps" Object 9 - "Dumb Gum ...
Person(s) Named After Abel's theorem: Calculus: Niels Henrik Abel: Ariadne's thread: Computer science Ariadne: Amdahl's law: Computer science: Gene Amdahl: Ampère's circuital law: Physics: André-Marie Ampère: Archie's law: Geology: Gus Archie: Archimedes's principle Axiom of Archimedes: Physics Analysis: Archimedes: Arrhenius equation ...
In some cases the person named has coined the law – such as Parkinson's law. In others, the work or publications of the individual have led to the law being so named – as is the case with Moore's law. There are also laws ascribed to individuals by others, such as Murphy's law; or given eponymous names despite the absence of the named person ...
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 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]