tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post5272765700061802490..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Emergence, surprises, and the future of condensed matter physicsRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-45786275017931847722020-11-11T18:18:19.795+10:002020-11-11T18:18:19.795+10:00What do you think of the "unsolved problems&q...What do you think of the "unsolved problems" currently listed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_physics#Condensed_matter_physics ?tanglawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-20961904445156342142020-09-12T11:22:14.600+10:002020-09-12T11:22:14.600+10:00David, Thanks for the helpful comment. I agree com...David, Thanks for the helpful comment. I agree completely with you. I put in #2 as an option, because this is what I sometimes hear people in CMP claim. However, I think it is just hype in a bid to get funding.It needs to be critiqued.I also don't think it is aim of CMP. Furthermore, it tends to be inconsistent with #3: emergent properties are hard to predict.<br /><br />I would say that CMP is a subset of materials science, not the other way around. <br /><br />Related issues are discussed here<br /><br />https://condensedconcepts.blogspot.com/2020/07/materials-physics-versus-condensed.html<br /><br />Please keep the great comments coming!Ross H. McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-8621018410308143502020-09-11T22:46:27.668+10:002020-09-11T22:46:27.668+10:00Ross, is outcome #2 really something that could be...Ross, is outcome #2 really something that could be claimed by CMP? Many people in materials science or chemistry would broadly have similar aims and not consider themselves part of CMP. And then there are people who work hard on these kinds of problems and find it galling that "materials science" is a disciplinary name that appears to be extremely broad but where much of the work being done is not by people who would put themselves in that discipline.<br /><br />These kinds of discussion are always mainly semantics, so I offer them only as food for thought as you tackle the challenge of finishing your book! Prof. Shollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478272124748674635noreply@blogger.com