Blackbody radiation ranges over the entire spectrum 0 < λ
< ∞. According to Plank’s law, a blackbody (the Sun, our bodies,
incandescent light bulb filaments) with a surface temperature T,
emit electromagnetic radiation with intensity
I (T) = h c2 ∫ 1/[λ5 (eW -1)
dl
where W = h c/λ k T. Here k is Boltzmann’s constant,
1.38(10)-23 J/K and h is Plank’s constant. The integrand
as a function of λ is well approximated by the graph f(λ) =...