Blackbody radiation, quantisation, and E = hf

What this note covers

1. What is a blackbody and why does it matter?
2. The ultraviolet catastrophe: how classical physics failed
3. Planck's quantisation hypothesis
4. Applying E = hf: calculating photon energies
5. Quantised versus continuous energy models
6. The Sun as a blackbody: Australian context
7. Connecting Planck to Einstein and beyond

7 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes