This is a list of scientific laws named after people (
eponymous laws). For other lists of eponyms, see
eponym
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''.
Usage of the word
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Eponym
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''.
Usage of the word
The term ''epon ...
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Fields of science
The branches of science, also referred to as sciences, scientific fields or scientific disciplines, are commonly divided into three major groups:
* Formal sciences: the study of formal systems, such as those under the branches of logic and ...
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List of eponymous laws
This list of eponymous laws provides links to articles on laws, principles, adages, and other succinct observations or predictions named after a person. In some cases the person named has coined the law – such as Parkinson's law. In other ...
(overlaps with this list but includes non-scientific laws such as
Murphy's law)
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List of legislation named for a person
This is a list of legislation with popular names (of people), often the member of Parliament/Congress responsible for it or a law named for a person of notoriety that prompted enactment of the legislation. Some of these Acts acquired their names be ...
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List of laws in science
Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena. The term ''law'' has diverse usage in many cases (approximate, accurate, broad, or narrow) a ...
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Lists of etymologies
This is a list of etymological lists.
General
* List of company name etymologies
* List of computer term etymologies
* List of band name etymologies
* List of chemical element name etymologies
English word origins
* Non-loanwords
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Scientific constants named after people
This is a list of physical and mathematical constants named after people.
Eponymous constants and their influence on scientific citations have been discussed in the literature.
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Scientific phenomena named after people
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Stigler's law of eponymy
Stigler's law of eponymy, proposed by University of Chicago statistics professor Stephen Stigler in his 1980 publication ''Stigler’s law of eponymy'', states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. Examples include ...
Further reading
* {{cite book, title=A dictionary of named effects and laws in chemistry, physics, and mathematics, last1=Ballentyne, first1=D. W. G., last2=Lovett, first2=D. R., publisher=
Chapman and Hall
Chapman & Hall is an imprint owned by CRC Press, originally founded as a British publishing house in London in the first half of the 19th century by Edward Chapman and William Hall. Chapman & Hall were publishers for Charles Dickens (from 1840 ...
, year=1980, isbn=978-0-412-22380-8, edition=4th
scientific laws named after people
This is a list of scientific laws named after people (eponymous laws). For other lists of eponyms, see eponym.
See also
* Eponym
* Fields of science
* List of eponymous laws (overlaps with this list but includes non-scientific laws such as ...
Scientific laws
Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena. The term ''law'' has diverse usage in many cases (approximate, accurate, broad, or narrow) ...
Lists of things named after scientists