Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
Feb 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985sciam.252...70l&link_type=abstract
Scientific American (ISSN 0036-8733), vol. 252, Feb. 1985, p. 70-72, 77-81, 84, 85.
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
3
Brownian Movements, Particle Motion, Random Processes, Atomic Weights, Differential Equations, Economics, Kinetic Theory, Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics, Particle Diffusion, Radio Navigation, Root-Mean-Square Errors, Thermodynamics
Scientific paper
Brownian motion, the doubly random motion of small particles suspended in a liquid due to molecular collisions, and its implications and applications in the history of modern science are discussed. Topics examined include probabilistic phenomena, the kinetic theory of gases, Einstein's atomic theory of Brownian motion, particle displacement, diffusion measurements, the determination of the mass of the atom and of Avogadro's number, the statistical mechanics of thermodynamics, nonequilibrium systems, Langevin's equation of motion, time-reversed evolution, mathematical analogies, and applications in economics and radio navigation. Diagrams and drawings are provided.
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