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The scientist on whom the SI unit of energy is named?


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  1. James Prescott Joule, the scientist on which the SI unit of energy is named
  2. Joule is the unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI).
  3. It is equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through one metre.
  4. Named in honour of the English physicist James Prescott Joule.

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