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Robert Brown: The Botanist Who Discovered Brownian Motion
Brownian Motion December 21, 1773 Today is the birthday of Scottish botanist Robert Brown. Robert made important contributions to botany and (science in general) through his pioneering use of the microscope. In particular, Robert is best known for being the first to notice the natural continuous movement of minute particles. Today we call that phenomenon…
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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 10, 1858 Darlings, it is with a mixture of scientific intrigue and gardening gossip that we remember the passing of one Robert Brown, Scottish botanist extraordinaire, who has departed this earthly garden…
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