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Lecture23: Brownian Motion and Diffusion

Thermal and Statistical Physics by Prof. Carlson

Nov 30, 2005Education

Brownian motion was discovered by a botanist named Brown, when he looked at water under a microscope, and observed pollen grains "jiggling" about in it. Einstein eventually explained it as due to the random collisions th...

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Lecture23: Brownian Motion and Diffusion is an episode from Thermal and Statistical Physics by Prof. Carlson. Brownian motion was discovered by a botanist named Brown, when he looked at water under a microscope, and observed pollen grains "...

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