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Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement (Dover Books on Physics)

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This book contains the five classic Einstein papers on Brownian motion. The last paper is a simplified explanation of Brownian motion for chemists.

Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement
A. Einstein, Annalen der Physik, 17, 1905, p549

On the Theory of the Brownian Movement
A. Einstein, Annalen der Physik, (4),19,1906, pp378-381

A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions
A. Einstein, Annalen der Physik, (4), 19, 1906, pp289-306

Theoretical Observations on the Brownian Motion
A. Einstein, Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie, 13, 1907, pp41-42

Elementary Theory of the Brownian Motion
A. Einstein, Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie, 14, 1908, pp235-239

Wonderful book. It is just awesome to see what the papers looked like back then and see these important publications all in one place.

This was required reading for my Masters Thesis defense. Neat little book. I found that in spite of us having nanotechnology, that most of the current laws of thermodynamics are still applicable and not violated in spite of what some researchers may claim. This book helped prove and reinforce those findings.