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* [[newton (unit)|newton]] - unit of force named after [[Sir Isaac Newton]], famous for the equation F = ma ([[force]] = [[mass]] × [[acceleration]] | * [[newton (unit)|newton]] - unit of force named after [[Sir Isaac Newton]], famous for the equation F = ma ([[force]] = [[mass]] × [[acceleration]] | ||
* [[roentgen]] - for [[Wilhelm Roentgen]] | * [[roentgen]] - for [[Wilhelm Roentgen]] | ||
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| + | *[[Einsteinium]] | ||
| + | *[[Darwinism]] | ||
| + | *[[Pasteurization]] | ||
| + | *[[Freudian slip]] | ||
| + | *[[Kepler's Laws]] | ||
| + | *[[The Galilean moons]] | ||
| + | *[[Maxwell's equations]] | ||
| + | *[[Maxwell's demon]] | ||
| + | *[[Heisenberg uncertainty principle]] | ||
| + | *[[Schrodinger's cat]] | ||
| + | *[[Tycho (crater)]] | ||
| + | *[[Planck's constant]] | ||
| + | *[[Laplace transform]] | ||
| + | *[[Hubble space telescope]] | ||
| + | *[[Fermilab]] | ||
| + | *[[Euler's formula]] | ||
| + | *[[Gauss's law]] | ||
| + | *[[gauss (unit)]] | ||
| + | *[[Kirchhoff's laws]] | ||
| + | *[[Euclidean geometry ]] | ||
| + | *[[Mendelian inheritance]] | ||
| + | *[[Linnaean taxonomy]] | ||
Revision as of 20:44, April 4, 2011
This page is for scientific terms named after famous people.
- ohm - unit of electrical resistance named after Georg Ohm
- volt - unit of electrical force named after Alessandro Volta
- ampere - unit of electrical current name after Andre-Marie Ampere
- curie - unit of radiation named after Madame Curie, who discovered the radioactive element radium.
- curium - an element, also named after Curie.
- newton - unit of force named after Sir Isaac Newton, famous for the equation F = ma (force = mass × acceleration
- roentgen - for Wilhelm Roentgen
- Einsteinium
- Darwinism
- Pasteurization
- Freudian slip
- Kepler's Laws
- The Galilean moons
- Maxwell's equations
- Maxwell's demon
- Heisenberg uncertainty principle
- Schrodinger's cat
- Tycho (crater)
- Planck's constant
- Laplace transform
- Hubble space telescope
- Fermilab
- Euler's formula
- Gauss's law
- gauss (unit)
- Kirchhoff's laws
- Euclidean geometry
- Mendelian inheritance
- Linnaean taxonomy