The Stability of Matter: From Atoms to Stars: Selecta of Elliott H. Lieb

by Walter Thirring

This fourth edition of selecta of my work on the stability of matter contains recent work on two topics that continue to fascinate me: Quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the Bose gas. Three papers have been added to Part VII on QED. As I mentioned in the preface to the third edition, there must be a way to formulate a non-perturbative QED, presumably with an ultraviolet cutoff, that correctly describes low energy physics, i.e., ordinary matter and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 354022212X
• ISBN13: 9783540222125
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 932 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.6"