📕 subnode [[@flancian/lucretius]]
in 📚 node [[lucretius]]
lucretius
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a [[philosopher poet]]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretius
- [[epicurean]]
- [[wrote]] [[de rerum natura]]
- [[quote]] Lucretius's scientific poem [[On the Nature of Things]] (c. 60 BC) has a remarkable description of [[Brownian motion]] of dust particles in verses 113–140 from Book II. He uses this as a proof of the existence of [[atoms]].
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- public document at doc.anagora.org/lucretius
- video call at meet.jit.si/lucretius