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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
yep, you are right. Amps and watts are also named after people, and I believe the unit of charge (coulomb) as well.
maybe someday they will name a unit of something after me (like stupidity maybe? :^)
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When I was in college a group of us created a unit named after a professor who seemed to be somewhat behind the times.
1 Maradudin = 1 carat furlong/(fortnight^2)
The Maradudin is a unit of force, you can use existing quantities and just change the units to create a new unit. The hard part is getting it generally accepted.