Jordi Piñero 

The Rashevsky Club

 

Great modern and historical problems in science

The Rashevsky Club was co-founded by Lluís Hernandez and I. Its main objective is to create an in-depth study environment with focus on specific topics of Physics, Mathematics, Biology & Evolution. The club was named in honor of the mathematical biophysicist Nikolai Rashevsky.

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The club activities consist on meetings where selected problems are discussed openly and in excruciating detail. Provocative unconventional ideas are very much welcome.

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Topics in past sessions:

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1. The Potatoe Radius problem, the Apple & the Moon, and a Relative Trip Across the Universe. (JP & LH)

2. Revisiting Phase Transition Physics through the lens of Maximum Entropy Methods. (Ll. Hernández)

3. A presentation of the fundamental concepts behind Field Theory: why we need fields? (J. Piñero)

4. N-faced dices, and trouble-landing coins. Playing with combinatorics and probability. (Ll. Hernández)

5. Random matrices. Proof of Wigner's semicirlce law. From nuclear physics to ecosystems. (J. Piñero)

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Future topics:

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• The quirks of Statistical Physics, from Maxwell's Construction to the Yang-Lee Theorems.

• The Ising Model: a full account on the Hidden Complexity in the 'Simplest' Interacting System.

• GR Revisited: a review on Penrose Diagrams and an account of the ER bridge.

• Great Untaught Motifs of Physics: the Spin-Statistics Theorem, the Spin-2 graviton and the EPR paradox.

• The Quantum Quest: from Blackbody Radiation to the Construction of the Schrödinger's Equation.

• The Theory of Public Opinion. Social Dynamics and Seldon's Ultimate Dream.

• The Peripheral Nervous System: Structure and Function. Fractals Revisited.

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The club is aiming to grow in the near future and become formally instituted.

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The RC reached published status from 2022 with the following papers:

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