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Continuous random motion of particles in a
fluid medium (gas or liquid) as they are
subject to impact from the molecules of the
medium. The phenomenon was explained by
Albert Einstein in 1905 but was observed as
long ago as 1827 by the Scottish botanist
Robert Brown (1773-1858).