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目次

1. Introduction; 2. Pre-main-sequence evolution; 3. Low-mass youngstellar objects; 4. Massive star formation: the role of bipolar outflows; 5.Observation and theory of the initial stellar mass function; 6. Brown dwarfs:from mythical to ubiquitous; 7. Applications of accurate masses, Radii andLuminosities; 8. Science results for stellar structure and evolution fromHipparcos; 9. Solar neutrinos; 10. Asteroseismology; 11. Input physics andparameters: accretion and losses of mass and angular momentum; 12. Why starsevolve to giant Radii; 13. Abundance anomalies in stars: a 30-minute tour ofthe HR diagram; 14. Winds and mass-loss of hot stars; 15. Mass loss from coolstars; 16. Selected problems in binary stellar-evolution theory; 17. Whitedwarf stars; 18. The pistol star and massive stars in the galactic center;19. FG Sge - an update; 20. The Nebula around the carbon star IRC+10216;Concluding remarks.