lecture goals

• See and describe what atomic fingerprints are---the discrete spectra of hot gases.
• Learn the Balmer rule for the spectral lines of hydrogen.
• See and describe a blackbody spectrum---the continuous spectrum of a hot glowing solid.
• Learn about Max Planck's insight into the blackbody spectrum, that light is QUANTIZED.
• Learn two of the five fundamental constants in nature: Planck's constant h for light energy and Boltzmann's constant k for heat energy.
• Learn E=hf, the defining equation of quantum physics.