50 years of spin glass theory

David Sherrington; Scott Kirkpatrick

doi:10.1038/s42254-025-00871-z

50 years of spin glass theory

David Sherrington^*
, Scott Kirkpatrick^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science

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Half a century ago, two theoretical papers were published that together sparked major new directions — conceptual, mathematical and practically applicable — in several previously disparate fields of science. In this Comment, the authors of one of those papers expose key aspects of the thinking behind them, their implementations and implications, along with sketches of several subsequent and consequential developments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	528-529
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Reviews Physics
Volume	7
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-025-00871-z
State	Published - Oct 2025

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