LEADER 02200nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910827066403321 005 20240410070842.0 010 $a1-281-86640-7 010 $a9786611866402 010 $a1-86094-523-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000336353 035 $a(EBL)227151 035 $a(OCoLC)57478653 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216398 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11197417 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216398 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198714 035 $a(PQKB)11760976 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227151 035 $a(WSP)0000P353 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227151 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10255971 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL186640 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000336353 100 $a20050226d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe origin of stars /$fMichael D. Smith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cImperial College Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-86094-489-2 327 $aCopyright; Preface; Contents; 1 - Introduction; 2 - The Physics and Chemistry; 3 - The Clouds; 4 - Cloud Formation, Evolution and Destruction; 5 - Turbulence; 6 - The Collapse; 7 - The Magnetic Mediation; 8 - The Birth; 9 - The Young Stars; 10 - Jets and Outflows; 11 - Massive Stars; 12 - The Distributions; 13 - Cosmological Star Formation; Epilogue; Index 330 $aWhere do stars come from and how do they form? These are profound questions which link the nature of our Universe to the roots of mankind. Yet, until a recent revolution in understanding, the proposed answers have been raw speculation. Now, accompanying penetrating observations, a new picture has come into prominence. 606 $aStars$xEvolution 606 $aStars$xFormation 615 0$aStars$xEvolution. 615 0$aStars$xFormation. 676 $a523.8 700 $aSmith$b Michael D$g(Michael David),$f1955-$01673453 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827066403321 996 $aThe origin of stars$94037562 997 $aUNINA