List of scientists whose names are used as units
Many scientists have been recognized with the assignment of their names as international units by the International Committee for Weights and Measures or as non-SI units. The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from French: Système international d'unités) is the most widely used system of units of measurement. There are seven base units and 22 derived units[1] (excluding compound units). These units are used both in science and in commerce. 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.
Contents
Scientists and SI units
Base unit[note 1] | Derived unit |
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Scientists and non-SI units
See also
- List of people whose names are used in chemical element names
- List of scientists whose names are used in physical constants
Notes
- ↑ There are 5 base units that are not named after people: kilogram, metre, second, mole and candela.
- ↑ The village he was born was a part of Austrian Empire, now it is in Croatia.
- ↑ As a rule, the units are written in lowercase letters. But, symbols of units derived from a personal name always begin with a capital letter.
References
- ↑ Essential of the SI
- ↑ Derived SI units with special names
- ↑ Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia
- ↑ Elektrik Mühendisliği pp. 247–275
- ↑ Young and Freedman, p. A-1
- ↑ Marie Ampere
- ↑ Ampere on Dictionary
- ↑ Kelvin, Lord William Thomson
- ↑ Inventors
- ↑ Blaise Pascal
- ↑ Pa Pascal pressure unit
- ↑ Isaac Newton's life
- ↑ Newton
- ↑ Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
- ↑ Celsius Definition
- ↑ Charles Augustin de Coulomb (French Physicist)
- ↑ Coulomb
- ↑ BBC Historic figures
- ↑ Watt conversion)
- ↑ Inventor Alessandro Volta Biography
- ↑ Volt
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- ↑ Ohm (unit)
- ↑ Michael Faraday
- ↑ Farad
- ↑ Joseph Henry Archived 9 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Henry: Definition from Answers
- ↑ The New International Encyclopaedia: Weber
- ↑ Weber (unit)
- ↑ Siemens, Werner von
- ↑ Siemens (unit)
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- ↑ What is a Joule ?
- ↑ Henri Becquerel
- ↑ Tesla's Biography
- ↑ Tesla (unit)
- ↑ Heinrich Hertz
- ↑ Hertz
- ↑ Rolf Sievert, the man and the unit
- ↑ About L.G.Gray
- ↑ Gray
- ↑ Isaac Asimov: Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Pan Reference Books, London, 1972, ISBN 0-330-24323-3
- ↑ Elektrik Mühendisliği, TBMMO Yayın organı, 259–260, Ankara, 1978
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