When I saw the announcement this morning one of my first thoughts was that I don't envy the science journalists who are now stuck with the job of trying to explain spin glass theory to a general audience. The stuff that Parisi is famous for in particular ("replica symmetry breaking") is just pretty arcane even by the standards of theoretical physics.
>And when I do, I’ll be sure to tack on “And some other guys used computers to predict climate change…” at the end. I really wish I didn’t have to, though.
When I saw the announcement this morning one of my first thoughts was that I don't envy the science journalists who are now stuck with the job of trying to explain spin glass theory to a general audience. The stuff that Parisi is famous for in particular ("replica symmetry breaking") is just pretty arcane even by the standards of theoretical physics.
Here's a decent short article about what spin glasses are and why the became interesting to people in fields outside of condensed matter: https://wpmedia.wolfram.com/uploads/sites/13/2018/02/20-2-4.pdf
>And when I do, I’ll be sure to tack on “And some other guys used computers to predict climate change…” at the end. I really wish I didn’t have to, though.
This would be a great addition