Covers statistical mechanics, conformal field theories, and critical exponents, emphasizing the importance of universality and renormalization group flows.
Explores the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of replica and cavity methods in complex systems, focusing on the random energy model and the application of probability theory.
Explores the historical significance of the 1983 CECAM workshop on the free-energy of solids and its impact on developing free-energy methods for hard-core models.
Explores energy flow and critical points in statistical physics, emphasizing the importance of understanding correlation functions and critical exponents.
