2022/08/12 by Himanshu Mavani, Navinder J. Singh, Mavani, Himanshu +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2208.06470
openalex publication_date 2022/08/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The way the topic of black-body radiation is presented in standard textbooks (i.e. from Rayleigh-Jeans to Max Planck) does not follow the actual historical timeline of the understanding of the black-body radiation problem. Authors believe that a presentation which follows an actual timeline of the ideas (although not a logical presentation of the field) would be of interest not only from the history of science perspective but also from a pedagogical perspective. Therefore, we attempt a concise history of this very interesting field of science.