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Name: Brownian Motion
ID: m14354
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module presents an overview of Brownian motion, with a focus on how it relates to nanotechnology. It looks at Brownian motion from a historical, physical, mathematical, and biological perspective in order to give the reader a complete view of this phenomenon.
Subject: Science and Technology, Humanities
Keywords: brownian, kinetic-molecular theory, motion, nano, nanotech, nanotechnology, pollen, Robert Brown
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Jason Holden (jason.holden@alumni.rice.edu), Kevin Kelly (kkelly@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Jason Holden (jason.holden@alumni.rice.edu), Kevin Kelly (kkelly@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Jason Holden (jason.holden@alumni.rice.edu), Kevin Kelly (kkelly@rice.edu), Tish Stringer (tish@rice.edu)
Latest version: 1.3 (history)
First publication date: Jan 10, 2006 1:04 pm -0600
Last revision to module: May 29, 2007 4:55 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.3 May 29, 2007 4:55 pm -0500 by Jason Holden
Changes: 
Ingen-Housz's observation of Brownian motion has been changed from 1785 to 1784, thanks to new information provided by Sebastian Rehfeldt.
Version: 1.2 May 22, 2007 2:56 pm -0500 by Jason Holden
Changes: 
The year of observation made by Ingenhousz has been changed from 1765 to 1785.
Version: 1.1 Feb 20, 2007 10:12 am -0600 by Tish Stringer
Changes: 
First published version of the module.

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