Re:Brownian Motion
by belviewreview on Friday October 09, 2026 @06:38PM
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Correct. Books talk as if atomic theory was accepted from early on in the modern era, but actually through the 19th century many prominent physicists and chemists considered it to be unproven speculation, and one reason is the theory lacked specific sizes and masses for atoms. Einstein's analysis persuaded people because it provided these and furthermore numerical predictions that fit the observed data.
What? The idea of molecules was not widely accepted in 1905?