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Unusual names have caused issues for scientists explaining genetic diseases to lay-people, such as when an individual is affected by a gene with an offensive or insensitive name. [13] This has particularly been noted in patients with a defect in the sonic hedgehog gene pathway and the disease formerly named CATCH22 for "cardiac anomaly, T-cell ...
List of scientists whose names are used as units; List of people whose names are used in chemical element names; List of scientists whose names are used in physical constants; List of soil scientists; List of spectroscopists; List of statisticians; List of systems scientists; List of taxonomic authorities by name; List of undersea explorers
Dr. Strangelove (film of the same name) – former Nazi scientist who was the scientific advisor to the President of the United States during the brink of apocalypse; Dr. Alexander Thorkel (Dr. Cyclops) Dr. Richard Vollin ; Dr. Eric Vornoff (Bride of the Monster) Dr. Herbert West (Herbert West–Reanimator and Re-Animator)
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Salvatore Pais (born 1967), Romania/U.S. – electromagnetic field generator to deflect asteroids away from the Earth, an inertial mass reduction device, a room-temperature superconductor, a gravitational wave generator, and a compact fusion reactor; Alexey Pajitnov (born 1956), Russia/U.S. – Tetris
For the specific epithet, the names can be converted into either adjectival form (adding -nus (m.), -na (f.), -num (n.) according to the gender of the genus name) or the genitive of the Latinised name. [3] Adlercreutzia – H. Adlercreutz, a Finnish professor; Afifella – S. Afif, a British philosopher and painter
Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808–1864), Dutch chemist, inventor of Kipp-generator; Johan Kjeldahl (1849–1900), Danish chemist, head chemist at Carlsberg Brewery, methods still in use; Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743–1817), German chemist, discovered the element uranium; Trevor Kletz (1922–2013), British promoter of industrial safety
Christine Wilson (scientist) – Canadian-American physicist and astronomer; Kenneth Geddes Wilson – United States (1936–2013) Nobel laureate; Robert R. Wilson – United States (1914–2000) Nobel laureate; Robert Woodrow Wilson – United States (born 1936) John R. Winckler – United States (1918–2001)