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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]].
* [[newton]] - unit of force named after [[Sir Isaac Newton]], famous for the equation F = ma ([[force]] = [[mass]] × [[acceleration]]
* [[roentgen]] - for [[Wilhelm Roentgen]]