Scottish Botanist Quotes

Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

These motions were such as to satisfy me, after frequently repeated observation, that they arose neither from currents in the fluid, nor from its gradual evaporation, but belonged to the particle itself.

Summary of Brownian motion

Robert Brown (botanist)

These [Brownian] motions were such as to satisfy me, after frequently repeated observation, that they arose neither from currents in the fluid, nor from its gradual evaporation, but belonged to the particle itself.

Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)