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 constants
See also
- List of scientists whose names are used as units
- List of chemical elements named after people
- Unit of measurement
References and notes
- ^ Isaac Asimov: Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Pan Reference Books, London, 1972, ISBN 0-330-24323-3
- ^ Also called Stefan–Boltzmann constant
- ^ A factor of proportionality, later on, corrected several times. Also called Hubble Humason constant (Milton L. Humason, 1881–1972)
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Scientists whose names are used in physical constants
constants
- Isaac Newton (Newtonian constant of gravitation)
- Amedeo Avogadro (Avogadro constant)
- Michael Faraday (Faraday constant)
- Johann Josef Loschmidt (Loschmidt constant)
- Johann Jakob Balmer
- Josef Stefan (Stefan–Boltzmann constant)
- Ludwig Boltzmann (Boltzmann constant, Stefan–Boltzmann constant)
- Johannes Rydberg (Rydberg constant)
- J. J. Thomson
- Max Planck (Planck constant)
- Wilhelm Wien
- Otto Sackur
- Niels Bohr (Bohr radius)
- Edwin Hubble (Hubble constant)
- Hugo Tetrode
- Douglas Hartree
- Brian Josephson (Josephson constant)
- Klaus von Klitzing (von Klitzing constant)