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Past exhibitions | Library | Library

https://library.ed.ac.uk/heritage-collections/museums-and-galleries/past-exhibitions

Want a sneak peek of other items in our 200,000+ strong collection? View our previous exhibitions.

Temperature chaos and free energy landscapes

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2018/77334-temperature-chaos-and-free-energy-landscapes

"Temperature chaos"  applies to certain systems with complex free energy landscapes where a small change in temperature causes a complete reorganisation of the landscape. It is predicted to occur in glassy materials and is related to memory

Dynamical Phase Transition In Glassy Systems

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2008/75394-dynamical-phase-transition-in-glassy-systems

Many glassy systems display a competition between active and inactive histories. I will present a way of describing quantitatively this 'phase coexistence' in the space of trajectories. For kinetically constrained systems, analytic computations can

How do you compose out of darkness a song of light? – Social work at The University of Edinburgh

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/socialwork/hello-world/

Blogs are short pieces of writing which are freely available to anyone with the time to read them.

An Introduction to Large Deviation Functions

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2013/75524-an-introduction-to-large-deviation-functions

Large Deviation Functions have cropped up in lots of Statistical Physics talks that I have been to, but I have never from any of these been able to figure out what the hell is going on. In this talk presentation I hope to give a very easy and

Previous Winners and Example Collections | Library | Library

https://library.ed.ac.uk/heritage-collections/about/david-laing-prize/previous-winners

Previous winners have included collections made up of a wide range of material, covering a multitude of topics.

Fundamentals of PhD Supervision | Institute for Academic Development | Institute for Academic Development

https://institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/research-roles/supervisors/fundamentals-of-phd-supervision

Fundamentals of PhD Supervision is an online course that has been developed by the Institute for Academic Development in consultation with the Doctoral College and relevant staff in Colleges and Support Services.

The Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2022/82567-the-fundamental-theorem-of-natural-selection

In 1930, the famous statistician and geneticist Ronald Fisher claimed to have proved a "fundamental theorem of natural selection". He compared this result to the second law of thermodynamics, and described it as holding "the supreme positio

Clinical research support | College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine | College of Medicine and Vet Medicine

https://medicine-vet-medicine.ed.ac.uk/our-research/cmvm-research-support/clinical-research-support

Explore the teams providing essential support and services to anyone planning a clinical research project.

Books for general audiences | School of GeoSciences | GeoSciences

https://geosciences.ed.ac.uk/research/in-the-media/books/books-for-general-audiences

From dinosaurs to humans in space, exploring historic cities and climate change activism, we have published books for a wide range of audiences and ages.