Many scientists have been recognized with the assignment of their names as international units by the
International Committee for Weights and Measures
The General Conference on Weights and Measures (GCWM; french: Conférence générale des poids et mesures, CGPM) is the supreme authority of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the intergovernmental organization established i ...
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
A base unit (also referred to as a fundamental unit) is a unit adopted for measurement of a '' base quantity''. A base quantity is one of a conventionally chosen subset of physical quantities, where no quantity in the subset can be expressed in ter ...
and 22
derived units (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.
Derived SI units with special names
/ref> 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.
Scientists and SI units
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Scientists and non-SI units
See also
*List of people whose names are used in chemical element names
This list of chemical elements named after people includes elements named for people both directly and indirectly. Of the 118 elements, 19 are connected with the names of 20 people. 15 elements were named to honor 16 scientists (as curium hono ...
*List of scientists whose names are used in physical constants
Some of the constants used in science are named after great scientists. By this convention, their names are immortalised. Below is the list of the scientists whose names are used in physical constants.
List of the scientists and the physical co ...
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