Physics of Star Formation in Galaxies: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 29. Lecture Notes 1999. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (Saas-Fee Advanced Courses)

The Book Begins With A Historical Introduction, Star Formation: The Early History, That Presents New Material Of Interest For Students And Historians Of Science. This Is Followed By Two Long Articles On Pre-main-sequence Evolution Of Stars And Young Clusters And Observations Of Young Stellar Objects. These Articles On The Fascinating Problem Of Star Formation From Interstellar Matter Give A Thorough Overview Of Present-day Theories And Observations. The Articles Contain Material So Far Unpublished In The Astronomical Literature. The Book Addresses Graduate Students And Can Be Used As A Textbook For Advanced Courses In Stellar Astrophysics. Historical Introduction. Star Formation: The Early History (g. Herbig) -- Pre-main-sequence Evolution Of Stars And Young Clusters (f. Palla): I. Initial Conditions Of Pre-main-sequence Evolution -- Ii. Pre-main-sequence Evolution -- Iii. Physical Processes In Pms Stars -- Iv. Pms Evolution Of Clusters And Associations -- Observations Of Young Stellar Objects (yso) (h. Zinnecker): I. Introduction -- Ii. Disks, Jets And Protostars -- Iii. Young Binaries -- Iv. Low-mass Stellar Content Of Young Star Clusters And Associations -- Index. F. Palla. H. Zinnecker ; Edited By A. Maeder And G. Meynet. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. It is not easy to reconstruct what the astronomical community thought of star formation prior to about 1930.