According to Stefan's law heat energy absorbed is given by dtdQ=εσA(T4−T04)....(i) where, T= temperature of body and T0= temperature of surroundings. If m be the mass of body and c be the specific heat, then heat loss at temperature T is dtdQ=−mcdtdT...(ii) From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get −mcdtdT=εσA(T4−T0−4)⇒−dtdT=mcεσA(T4−T04) Here, T=T0+ΔT−dtdT=mcεσA[(T0+ΔT)4−T04]=mcεσAT04[(1+T0ΔT)4−1]=mcεσAT04[1+T04ΔT−1](∵ΔT≪T0)=mcεσA4T03ΔT⇒−dtdT=kΔT wherc, k=mcεσA4T03∴dtdT=−k(T−T0) This is Newton's law of cooling. Hence, Newton's law of cooling is a special case of Stefan's law.