General Knowledge - Scientific Laws
The following table enlists major laws of science −
| Scientist Name |
Law |
Field |
| Niels Henrik Abel |
Abel's theorem |
Calculus |
| Gene Amdahl |
Amdahl's law |
Computer science |
| Gus Archie |
Archie's law |
Geology |
| Archimedes |
Archimedes' principle |
Physics |
| Amedeo Avogadro |
Avogadro's law |
Thermodynamics |
| John Stewart Bell |
Bell's theorem |
Quantum mechanics |
| Frank Benford |
Benford's law |
Mathematics |
| Daniel Bernoulli |
Bernoulli's principle |
Physical sciences |
| Jean Baptiste Biot and Félix Savart |
Biot–Savart law |
Electromagnetics, fluid dynamics |
| Robert Boyle |
Boyle's law |
Thermodynamics |
| Samuel C. Bradford |
Bradford's law |
Computer science |
| C.H.D. Buys Ballot |
Buys Ballot's law |
Meteorology |
| Arthur Cayley and William Hamilton |
Cayley–Hamilton theorem |
Linear algebra |
| Jacques Charles |
Charles's law |
Thermodynamics |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Chandrasekhar limit |
Astrophysics |
| Charles Augustin de Coulomb |
Coulomb's law |
Physics |
| Pierre Curie |
Curie's law |
Physics |
| Jean le Rond d'Alembert |
D'Alembert's paradox |
Fluid dynamics, Physics |
| John Dalton |
Dalton's law of partial pressure |
Thermodynamics |
| Henry Darcy |
Darcy's law |
Fluid mechanics |
| Christian Doppler |
Doppler effect |
Physics |
| Paul Ehrenfest |
Ehrenfest's theorem |
Quantum mechanics |
| Albert Einstein |
Einstein's general theory of relativity |
Physics |
| Paul Erdős and József Beck |
Erdős–Beck theorem |
Mathematics |
| Michael Faraday |
Faraday's law of induction |
Electromagnetism |
| Faraday's law of electrolysis |
Chemistry |
| Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss |
Gauss's law |
Mathematics, Physics |
| Gauss's law for magnetism |
Mathematics, Physics |
| Gauss's digamma theorem |
Mathematics, Physics |
| Gauss's hypergeometric theorem |
Mathematics, Physics |
| Gaussian function |
Mathematics, Physics |
| Thomas Graham |
Graham's law |
Thermodynamics |
| Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
Grimm's law |
Linguistics |
| John L. Gustafson |
Gustafson's law |
Computer science |
| Heinrich Hertz |
Hertz observations |
Electromagnetism |
| Germain Henri Hess |
Hess's law |
Thermodynamics |
| David Hilbert |
Hilbert's basis theorem |
Mathematics |
| Robert Hooke |
Hooke's law |
Physics |
| John Hopkinson |
Hopkinson's law |
Electromagnetism |
| Edwin Hubble |
Hubble's law |
Cosmology |
| Friedrich Hund |
Hund's rules |
Atomic physics |
| James Joule |
Joule's laws |
Physics |
| Michael Kasha |
Kasha's rule |
Photochemistry |
| Johannes Kepler |
Kepler's laws of planetary motion |
Astrophysics |
| Gustav Kirchhoff |
Kirchhoff's laws |
Electronics, thermodynamics |
| Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp |
Kopp's law |
Thermodynamics |
| Irving Langmuir |
Langmuir equation |
Surface Chemistry |
| Pierre-Simon Laplace |
Laplace transform |
Mathematics |
| Laplace's equation |
Physics |
| Laplace operator |
Probability Theory |
| Laplace distribution |
Statistical mechanics |
| Henri Louis le Chatelier |
Le Chatelier's principle |
Chemistry |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz |
Leibniz's law |
Ontology |
| Heinrich Lenz |
Lenz's law |
Physics |
| Guglielmo Marconi |
Marconi's law |
Radio technology |
| Vladimir Markovnikov |
Markovnikov's rule |
Organic chemistry |
| Pierre Louis Maupertuis |
Maupertuis' principle |
Mathematics |
| James Clerk Maxwell |
Maxwell's equations |
Electrodynamics |
| Gregor Mendel |
Mendelian inheritance/Mendel's laws |
Genetics |
| Robert Metcalfe |
Metcalfe's law |
Network theory |
| Hermann Minkowski |
Minkowski's theorem |
Number theory |
| Eilhard Mitscherlich |
Mitscherlich's law |
Crystallography |
| Gordon Moore |
Moore's law |
Computing |
| John Forbes Nash |
Nash embedding theorem |
Topology |
| Walther Nernst |
Nernst equation |
Electrochemistry |
| Isaac Newton |
Newton's law of cooling |
Thermodynamics |
| Newton's law of universal gravitation |
Astrophysics |
| Newton's laws of motion |
Mechanics |
| Georg Ohm |
Ohm's law |
ElectronicsElectronics |
| Blaise Pascal |
Pascal's law |
Physics |
|
Pascal's theorem |
Geometry |
| Max Planck |
Planck's law |
Electromagnetism |
| Ptolemy |
Ptolemy's theorem |
Geometry |
| Pythagoras |
Pythagorean theorem |
Geometry |
| Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman |
Raman scattering |
Physics |
| Richard Rado |
Rado's theorem |
Discrete mathematics |
| Srinivasa Ramanujan and Trygve Nagell |
Ramanujan–Nagell equation |
Mathematics |
| Thales |
Thales' theorem |
Geometry |
| Johann Daniel Titius and Johann Elert Bode |
Titius–Bode law |
Astrophysics |
| Evangelista Torricelli |
Torricelli's law |
Physics |
| Steven Weinberg and Edward Witten |
Weinberg–Witten theorem |
Quantum Gravity |
| Hermann Weyl |
Weyl character formula |
Mathematics |
| Wilhelm Wien |
Wien's law |
Physics |
| Thomas Young and Pierre-Simon Laplace |
Young–Laplace equation |
Fluid dynamics |
