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Heisenberg was undoubtedly one of the most important physicists of the 20th century, especially concerning the creation of quantum mechanics. It was, therefore, a great honor and privilege for me to be asked to speak at this symposium since quantum mechanics is central to my own interests and forms the basis of my talk, which is about the quantum theory of matter in the large and its interaction with the quantized radiation field discovered earlier by Planck.
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Lieb, E.H. (2004). The Stability of Matter and Quantum Electrodynamics. In: Buschhorn, G.W., Wess, J. (eds) Fundamental Physics — Heisenberg and Beyond. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18623-3_7
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