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Gunther, L.; Weaver, D. L. – American Journal of Physics, 1978
A model of Brownian motion is discussed which includes viscosity effects. The model lends itself to Monte Carlo simulation and thus is suitable for an elementary physics laboratory experiment. (BB)
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