Scientific laws named after people

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This is a list of scientific laws named after people (eponymous laws). For other lists of eponyms, see eponym.

Law Field Person(s) Named After
Abel's theorem Calculus Niels Henrik Abel
Amdahl's law Computer science Gene Amdahl
Ampère's law Physics André-Marie Ampère
Archie's law Geology Gus Archie
Archimedes' principle Physics Archimedes
Arrhenius equation Chemical kinetics Svante Arrhenius
Asimov's laws of robotics Robotics Isaac Asimov
Avogadro's law Thermodynamics Amedeo Avogadro
Beer-Lambert law Optics August Beer, Johann Heinrich Lambert
Bernoulli's principle
Bernoulli's equation		 Physical sciences Daniel Bernoulli
Biot-Savart law Electromagnetics, Fluid dynamics Jean Baptiste Biot and Felix Savart
Boltzmann equation Thermodynamics Ludwig Boltzmann
Boyle's law Thermodynamics Robert Boyle
Bradford's law Computer science Samuel C. Bradford
Buys-Ballot's law Meteorology C.H.D. Buys Ballot
Charles's law Thermodynamics Jacques Charles
Church-Turing thesis Computer science Alonzo Church and Alan Turing
Coulomb's law Physics Charles Augustin de Coulomb
Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac (frequently called Charles's Law) Thermodynamics Jacques Charles and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Dalton's law of partial pressure Thermodynamics John Dalton
Darcy's Law Fluid mechanics Henry Darcy
De Morgan's law Logic Augustus De Morgan
Dermott's Law Celestial mechanics Stanley Dermott
Descartes' theorem Geometry Rene Descartes
Drake equation Cosmology Frank Drake
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity Physics Albert Einstein
Euclid's theorem Number theory Euclid
Euler's theorem Number theory Leonhard Euler
Faraday's law of induction
Faraday's law of electrolysis		 Electromagnetism
Chemistry		 Michael Faraday
Fermat's principle
Fermat's last theorem
Fermat's little theorem		 Optics
Number theory
Number theory		 Pierre de Fermat
Fick's law of diffusion Thermodynamics Adolf Fick
Fitts' law Ergonomics Paul Fitts
Fourier's law Thermodynamics Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Gauss' law Physics Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
Gibbs free energy Thermodynamics Willard Gibbs
Gödel's incompleteness theorem Mathematics Kurt Gödel
Graham's law Thermodynamics Thomas Graham
Grimm's law Linguistics Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle Theoretical physics Werner Heisenberg
Henry's law Thermodynamics William Henry
Hess's law Thermodynamics Germain Henri Hess
Hooke's law Physics Robert Hooke
Hubble's law Cosmology Edwin Hubble
Huygens-Fresnel principle Optics Christiaan Huygens and Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Joule's law Physics James Joule
Kepler's laws of planetary motion Astrophysics Johannes Kepler
Kirchhoff's laws Thermodynamics Gustav Kirchhoff
Le Chatelier's principle Chemistry Henri Louis le Chatelier
Leibniz's law Ontology Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Lenz's law Physics Heinrich Lenz
Metcalfe's law Network theory Robert Metcalfe
Minkowski's theorem Number theory Hermann Minkowski
Moore's law Computing Gordon Moore
Nash embedding theorem Topology John Forbes Nash
Nernst equation Electrochemistry Walther Nernst
Newton's law of cooling
Newton's law of gravitation
Newton's laws of motion		 Thermodynamics
Astrophysics
Mechanics		 Isaac Newton
Noether's theorem Theoretical physics Emmy Noether
Nurgaliev's law Demography Nurgaliev's law
Occam's Razor Philosophy of science William of Ockham
Ohm's law Electronics Georg Ohm
Pascal's law
Pascal's theorem		 Physics
Geometry		 Blaise Pascal
Pareto distribution
Pareto efficiency
Pareto index
Pareto principle		 Economics Vilfredo Pareto
Pauli exclusion principle Quantum mechanics Wolfgang Pauli
Peano axioms Foundational mathematics Giuseppe Peano
Planck's law of black body radiation Electromagnetism Max Planck
Poiseuille's law Fluidics Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille
Ptolemy's theorem Geometry Ptolemy
Pythagorean theorem Geometry Pythagoras
Raoult's law Physical chemistry Francois Marie Raoult
Riemann zeta function
Riemann hypothesis
Riemann integral
Riemann lemma
Riemannian manifold
Riemann sphere
Riemann theta function		 Number theory, analysis, geometry Bernhard Riemann
Rolle's theorem Differential calculus Michel Rolle
Snell's law Optics Willebrord van Roijen Snell
Sommerfeld-Kossel displacement law Spectroscopy Arnold Sommerfeld and Walther Kossel
Stefan-Boltzmann law Thermodynamics Jožef Stefan and Ludwig Boltzmann
Stokes' law Fluid mechanics George Gabriel Stokes
Titius-Bode law Astrophysics Johann Daniel Titius and Johann Elert Bode
Torricelli's law Physics Evangelista Torricelli
Van der Waals equation Chemistry Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Wien's law Physics Wilhelm Wien
Zipf's law Linguistics George Kingsley Zipf

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