A Concise History of the Black-body Radiation Problem.

The way the topic of black-body radiation is presented in most of the 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 that follows an actual time-line 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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