The stability of matter : from atoms to stars : selecta of Elliott H. Lieb / edited by W. Thirring ; with a preface by F. Dyson.

This collection of papers - starting with a brilliant article by one of the masters of the field - gives an excellent current review of our knowledge of matter. Partially basing his work on a variational formulation of quantum mechanics, E.H. Lieb links the difficult question of the stability of mat...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Lieb, Elliott H.
Other Authors:	Thirring, Walter, 1927-2014
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©1997.
Edition:	2nd enl. ed.
Subjects:	Thomas-Fermi theory. Matter > Properties. Functional analysis. Mathematical physics.