Ultraviolet catastrophe

Oh nice, I made a video covering the history here (as well as some of the earlier scientific progress on the existence of particles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uDT2lNi5bQ&ab_channel=Casua...

Can't miss a chance for shameless self-promotion!

See also the recent HN discussion around an article on how the Ultraviolet Catastrophe could not have been what drove Planck to his radiation law.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39345618