400A Theoretical Astrophysics - Stellar Evolution
Material developed for a one-semester course at the Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona.
A. Eddington, 1927: Someday, we should be able to understand something as simple as a star
F. Hoyle and R. O. Redman: "…Fundamentally, a star is a pretty simple structure" "You'd look simple too at a distance of ten parsecs!"
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- Projects: rules for literature review project including list of topics
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