Who did Whewell suggest scientific terms to?
Michael Faraday
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Nikola Tesla
Answer
William Whewell, a British philosopher, mathematician and historian, was a strong advocate for the use of new words in science. In 1833, he suggested the term "scientist" to Michael Faraday, a British chemist and physicist, as a way of describing someone who studies the natural world.
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