Condensed concepts

 I am a slow adopter of new technologies. I have recently been playing around with AI at a very basic level on some research problems. Colle...

Topology is the field of mathematics describing the properties of geometric objects that do not change when they are smoothly deformed. Thes...

Adventures in Flatland In everyday life we think of most objects as having three dimensions. But what would life be like in a two-dimen...

I recently learnt that Rodney Baxter died earlier this year. He was adept at finding exact solutions to two-dimensional lattice models in st...

I find it difficult to wade through all the hype about AI, along with the anecdotes about its failings to reliably answer basic questions. G...

In 1925, Ising published his paper on the solution of the model in one dimension. An English translation is here. https://www.hs-augsburg.de...

Weather involves many scales of distance, time, and energy. Describing weather means making decisions about what range of scales to focus o...

                                                                                Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash I love seeing patterns su...

Emergence means different things to different people. Except, that practically everyone likes it! Or at least, likes using the word. Terms a...

Best wishes for the New Year! One thing I hope to achieve this year is an actual understanding of things "Bayesian". I am particul...

Since we are surrounded by scientific knowledge. We are so used to it that we can take science for granted and not reflect on how amazing sc...

Condensed matter physics is about the properties of real materials. Real stuff that you can see and touch and that you can use to make very ...

 Some progress is being made in understanding the structure and dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virions (virus particles) that are responsible fo...