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Around the time of Jesus
Lucretius, who was Roman
Noticed motes of dust in sunbeams and their erratic motion
He ascribed this to the bu eting caused by atoms in the air
And some simple evidence of atoms was discovered there
In Brownian Motion

Robert Brown, biologist, laced water drops with pollen
Observed it in a microscope till his eyes were red and swollen
He saw the pollen jiggling, he rubbed his sleepy eyes
Why was the pollen dancing?
Why - it was not alive!
It was Brownian Motion

The pollen grain was dancing from the myriad
Water molecules that struck it
Imagine if you will
This simple analogy
A crowd of angry people
Standing in a circle
Throwing lots of ping-pong balls
At a lazy elephant
Standing in the middle
And henceforth ambulating
In a manner confused, and somewhat crooked
Because that's Brownian Motion

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from Dr Martin Austwick at Geek Pop, released March 10, 2011

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