Robert Brown
Biology is a very broad topic and many scientists have contributed to the biology world. In this paper I will be talking about one of those people who had a major contribution to the science community.
“Robert Brown was born on December 21, 1773 in Montrose Scotland. He died on June 10, 1858 at the age of 84 in London England” (Britannica 1).
Robert Brown most recognized by how he described the “cell nuclei and the continuous motion of minute particles in solution, which came to be called Brownian motion” (Britannica 1). “His work revealed the random movement to be a general property of matter in the state, and the phenomenon has long been know as Brownian motion in his honor” (Britannica 2). Scientists extensively misunderstood …show more content…
One of the awards Robert Brown received was the Copley Medal. Brown had received this medal in 1839, for his discoveries of vegetable impregnation. This medal was also handed out to many other famous scientists including Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Lister, Charles Darwin, Karl Ernst von Baer, Dmitri Mendeleev, Ernest Rutherford, Elbert Einstein, and Louis Pasteur. The Copley Medal is the highest achievement in the Royal Society. It is given for exceptional research in any branch of science. Brown also received numerous academic honors and made several major discoveries in his subject (Burbidge 1).
Brownian Motion did not change dramatically over the rest of the years but other scientists did conduct their own experiments to try and recreate what Brown had achieved. Albert Einstein wanted to understand the theory a little better for himself. “Einstein wrote later that his major aim was to find facts that would guarantee as much as possible the existence of atoms of definite size. During his work he discovered that according to atomic theory there would have to be an observable movement of suspended microscopic particles. Einstein did not realize that observations concerning the Brownian motion were already long familiar” (Encyclopedia Britannica
Biology is a very broad topic and many scientists have contributed to the biology world. In this paper I will be talking about one of those people who had a major contribution to the science community.
“Robert Brown was born on December 21, 1773 in Montrose Scotland. He died on June 10, 1858 at the age of 84 in London England” (Britannica 1).
Robert Brown most recognized by how he described the “cell nuclei and the continuous motion of minute particles in solution, which came to be called Brownian motion” (Britannica 1). “His work revealed the random movement to be a general property of matter in the state, and the phenomenon has long been know as Brownian motion in his honor” (Britannica 2). Scientists extensively misunderstood …show more content…
One of the awards Robert Brown received was the Copley Medal. Brown had received this medal in 1839, for his discoveries of vegetable impregnation. This medal was also handed out to many other famous scientists including Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Lister, Charles Darwin, Karl Ernst von Baer, Dmitri Mendeleev, Ernest Rutherford, Elbert Einstein, and Louis Pasteur. The Copley Medal is the highest achievement in the Royal Society. It is given for exceptional research in any branch of science. Brown also received numerous academic honors and made several major discoveries in his subject (Burbidge 1).
Brownian Motion did not change dramatically over the rest of the years but other scientists did conduct their own experiments to try and recreate what Brown had achieved. Albert Einstein wanted to understand the theory a little better for himself. “Einstein wrote later that his major aim was to find facts that would guarantee as much as possible the existence of atoms of definite size. During his work he discovered that according to atomic theory there would have to be an observable movement of suspended microscopic particles. Einstein did not realize that observations concerning the Brownian motion were already long familiar” (Encyclopedia Britannica