In 1827, botanist Robert Brown observed an odd jittery motion of particles as he watched grains of pollen floating in water under his microscope. He saw the random motion also Keep reading
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The Wanderings of Micro-Scallops
In the 19th century, botanist Robert Brown observed pollen granules beneath his microscope jittering randomly. Einstein showed that this motion resulted from the impacts of much-smaller atoms against the particles. Keep reading
Brownian Motion
Have you ever noticed how motes of dust seem to dance around even in still air? The reason they do is because all the atoms and molecules in the air Keep reading