From the existing site
The current site contains decades of scholarship, commentary, limericks, workshop material, CV variants, and a large archive of HTML, PDF, image, and legacy document formats. It should be curated, not bulldozed.
Rebuild in progress
Raphael (Rafi) Blumenfeld
Theoretical physicist working across granular matter, statistical physics, self-organisation, soft condensed matter, and related interdisciplinary problems.
Current direction
This is the first modern scaffold for the site. The aim is to preserve the intellectual range and personality of the original while making the structure, reading experience, and discovery of publications much better on desktop and mobile.
- Research: clearer thematic framing and entry points
- Publications: structured, searchable, and easier to browse
- Archive: preserved legacy material instead of silent deletion
- Voice: academic, personal, and not flattened into generic institutional prose
Editorial approach
Light copy edits for clarity and typos are permitted, but every such change will be logged in a reviewable spreadsheet-friendly file so Rafi can approve or revert them individually.