Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 58, Nos. 3/4, 1990. p. 407-409.
It is now forty years since Cyril Domb set out to fill the many gaps remaining in the mathematical theory of critical phenomena after Onsager's demonstration that the Ising model in fact allows the possibility of a phase
transition. He has remained at the forefront of research in the field ever since. Accordingly, it is both scientifically fitting and our personal pleasure to dedicate this volume of articles by his students, friends, and collaborators in honor of his formal, but not actual retirement from university life...