Chapter 35 of 2363 min read
Newton's law of cooling, Stefan's and Wien's laws
Why this is asked: Newton's law of cooling is only an approximation valid for a small temperature excess over the surroundings; the always-true relation beneath it is Stefan's law, E ∝ T⁴, and Wien's law says a hotter body's peak wavelength shifts shorter.
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