Difference between revisions of "Scientific namesakes"

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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

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