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Two of the base SI units and 17 of the derived units are named after scientists. [2] 28 non-SI units are named after scientists. By this convention, their names are immortalised. As a rule, the SI units are written in lowercase letters, but symbols of units derived from the name of a person begin with a capital letter.
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Name of the scientist [1] Life Nationality Name of the constant Isaac Newton: 1643–1727 British: Newtonian constant of gravitation: Leonhard Euler: 1707–1783 Swiss: Euler's number: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb: 1736–1806 French: Coulomb constant: Amedeo Avogadro: 1776–1856 Italian: Avogadro constant: Michael Faraday: 1791–1867 British ...
The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article.
Symbol Name Meaning SI unit of measure alpha: alpha particle: angular acceleration: radian per second squared (rad/s 2) fine-structure constant: unitless beta: velocity in terms of the speed of light c: unitless beta particle: gamma: Lorentz factor: unitless photon: gamma ray: shear strain: radian
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]
List of scientists whose names are used in physical constants This page was last edited on 19 March 2024, at 07:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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