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UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE NOTES IN PHYSICS BROWNI...

This textbook is an introduction to the Brownian motion of colloids and nano-particles  and the
diffusion of molecules. One very appealing aspect of Brownian motion  as this book illustrates
is that the subject connects a broad variety of topics  including thermal physics 
hydrodynamics  reaction kinetics  fluctuation phenomena  statistical thermodynamics  osmosis
and colloid science. The book is based on a set of lecture notes that the authors used for an
undergraduate course at the University of Utrecht  Netherland. It aims to provide more than a
simplified qualitative description of the subject  without getting bogged down in difficult
mathematics. Each chapter contains exercises  ranging from straightforward ones to more
involved problems  addressing instances from (thermal motion in) chemistry  physics and life
sciences. Exercises also deal with derivations or calculations that are skipped in the main
text. The book offers a treatment of Brownian motion on a level appropriate for bachelor
undergraduate students of physics  chemistry  soft matter and the life sciences. PhD students
attending courses and doing research in colloid science or soft matter will also benefit from
this book.

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