"The authors are famous experts in the field of PDEs and blow-up techniques. In this book they present a stability theorem, the so-called S-theorem, and show, with several examples, how it may be applied to a wide range of stability problems for evolution equations. The book [is] aimed primarily aimed at advanced graduate students." -Mathematical Reviews "The book is very interesting and useful for researchers and students in mathematical physics...with basic knowledge in partial differential equations and functional analysis. A comprehensive index and bibliography are given" ---Revue Roumaine de Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees