What are some things you don't understand, but somehow feel you're supposed to? (Based on your education, background, what people assume of you, etc.)
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phase transitions
what is there to understand or not understand about phase transitions? (i ask as someone utterly ignorant.)
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something something symmetry breaking something something order parameters something something renormalization group flow
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Oh man. SOO MUCH. Start with why? Why sharp change from A to B instead of gradual? Then how properties change as you near the critical temp. Then “quantum” phase transitions (happen at zero kelvin as magnetic field strength changes”. Then superconductivity/fluidity. Then ...
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