Brownian Motion

Robert Brown

Wikipedia

2016-11-01

“Brownian motion or pedesis (from Ancient Greek: πήδησις /pέːdεːsis/ “leaping”) is the random motion of particles suspended in a fluid (a liquid or a gas) resulting from their collision with the fast-moving atoms or molecules in the gas or liquid. This transport phenomenon is named after the botanist Robert Brown. In 1827, while looking through a microscope at particles trapped in cavities inside pollen grains in water.”


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