This paper aims at contributing to the history of early computational statistical mechanics. The topic concerns the physics near a critical point and how long it took for Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to be seriously considered by the community as a valid and important tool to analyze critical phenomena. We will focus on one of the leading scientific figures behind this effort: Kurt Binder, whose scientific achievements were acknowledged by the award of the Boltzmann medal in 2007. Kurt Binder, who is now 75, has retired, some years ago, from a Professorship at the University of Mainz.

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从Varenna（1970）到Como（1995）：库尔特·宾德（Kurt Binder）在危急关头的漫漫长路

本文旨在为早期计算统计力学的历史做出贡献。该主题涉及临界点附近的物理学，以及社区认真考虑将蒙特卡洛（MC）模拟视为分析关键现象的有效且重要的工具所花费的时间。我们将专注于这项工作背后的领先科学人物之一：库尔特·宾德（Kurt Binder），他的科学成就在2007年获得了玻尔兹曼奖章的认可。库尔·宾德现年75岁，几年前从教授职位退休。在美因茨大学。