Question

The standard unit of work in the metric system is named after the scientist _____.

Answer 1

James Prescott Joule  (1818 - 1889)

Answer 2

Answer: Hello there! The standard unit of work in the metric system, the joule, is named after the James Prescott Joule (1819 -1889), where a joule is $j = \frac{kg*m}{s^{2} }$. He was a physicist who did a lot of work with thermodynamics, for example, he worked on the Joule-Thomson effect.