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It is interesting to know about the life of the scientists who worked throughout their life in the field of measurement. To honour some such eminent scientists, some of the base and derived units have been assigned their respective names.
Among the base units, the unit of electric current (ampere), thermodynamic temperature (kelvin) and temperature difference (Celsius) have been respectively named after Andre Marie Ampere, Lord Kelvin and Anders Celsius.
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Gupta, S.V. (2009). Scientists Associated with Units of Measurements. In: Units of Measurement. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 122. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00738-5_9
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