Why did Scientists give their names to things?
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Scientists Who Give Their Minds to Study, Can Give Names.
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Helium - From the Greek word "helios" meaning "sun"\n\nNeon - From the Greek word "neon" meaning "new"\n\nArgon - From the Greek word "argos" meaning "inactive"\n\nKrypton - From the Greek word "kryptos" meaning "hidden"\n\nXenon - From the Greek word "xenos" meaning "stranger"\n\nRadon - Named after "the element radium" (radon was called niton at first, from the Latin word "nitens" meaning "shining"
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ah! but the question is for what?\n\n\n\n\nWhere do you get these names LOL
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Some of them are named after the guy who invented them or was famous in science\nSuch as Rutherfordium (who invented the electron) Mendelevium (who invented the periodic table). Einsteinium  Some are named after the Greek Gods, such as Uranium (Uranus) Neptunium (king of the sea in Rome) Plutonium (king of the underworld) Europium (Europa who was captured and raped by zeus) Mercury (after the winged messenger)  HOPE THAT HELPS
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Yes, I agree: They were scientists (most of them, I mean) because they experimented and documented their experiments.\nThey achieved knowledge, which is the ultimate philosopher stone.
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If someone would name a freakin' penis why wouldn't they have a name for everything else?
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A name is a symbol that encompasses a large collection of ideas/impressions/concepts/ functions.  \nIt is a categorizer.  And a cross-referencer.\n\nPeople could talk about qualities to describe something, like a glass of cold, wet, clear.  But the more complex our concept we are trying to communicate, that becomes arduous.  So we have a million names which summarize groups of qualities, and we all have to learn them, or buy a dictionary.\n\nGod is a collection of extrapolated father-qualities.  Invented qualities too.\n\nHeaven is a collection of positive-qualities.  It is an awesome example of a cross referencer.\n\nEven if there were only one conscious being, I think it would have to name things too, so it could manage all the info and juggle it and evaluate relative meanings.
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People use alpha and omega for the unknowns. \nThey are letters of the greek alphabet.\nIn science they are used as constants.\nIn religion they are used to represent God.
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Damn good question... I know the guy who came up with the patent was named Patent
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because they were named by the greeks and romans. The Egyptians had names for them too, but since english is based on latin, we get most of our "stuff" from the Latin speaking Romans.
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The SCIENTIST was Frankenstein.  The monster had no name.  Just for that, I'll assume that you don't know the rest of what you're talking about, either.
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Names used to refer to someone's profession.  Wright was a craftsman.  The first term that came to mind was a wheel Wright.  They made wagon wheels.  Over time the name was transferred from father to son.  It let people know where you came from
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The name protein comes from the Greek πρώτα ("prota"), meaning "of primary importance" and were first described and named by Jöns Jakob Berzelius in 1838. However, their central role in living organisms was not fully appreciated until 1926, when James B. Sumner showed that the enzyme urease was a protein. Only 32 years later, the first protein structure was solved, that of myoglobin by Max Perutz and Sir John Cowdery Kendrew in 1958,[1] which led to their receiving a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Don't forget polonium, named after Poland by Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.\n\nThere's also gallium, which is based on the Latin name for France (Gallia).  That makes France the winner, with two elements named after it!\n\nElements named after countries (no cities, planets, continents, regions, etc.):\nAmericium\nCopper (from Cuprum - the Latin for Cyprus)\nFrancium\nGallium\nGermanium\nPolonium
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not sure, its from a greek work electra or electrum I think for the word for amber since that was how they used to make sparks.\n\nAristotle talked about atoms as being tiny pieces of doorknobs that fell of as they were used.\n\nLucretius talked about it too.
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each of them are temperature scales named after their inventor.
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I believe they weren't discovered all at the same time so there are different people that discovered them. Is this your homework from school? I don't know how it would be helpful to know their names.. but anyway, Hope you find your answer!