Rethinking Brownian motion with the 'Emperor's New Clothes'

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 04:28 in Physics & Chemistry

In the classic fairy tale, 'The Emperor's New Clothes,' Hans Christian Andersen uses the eyes of a child to challenge conventional wisdom and help others to see more clearly. In similar fashion, researchers at the University of Illinois have now revealed the naked truth about a classic bell-shaped curve used to describe the motion of a liquid as it diffuses through another material...

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