# The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics

- By: George W. Collins II
- Publisher: Ohio State University
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Astronomy__Cosmology/The_Fundamentals_of_Stellar_Astrophysics_(Collins))
- Licence: Public domain
- Read at LibreTexts: https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Astronomy__Cosmology/The_Fundamentals_of_Stellar_Astrophysics_(Collins)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/phys-141576/pdf

This book offers a rigorous, theory-driven overview of stellar astrophysics, from the physics of matter, energy generation, and transport to full models of stellar structure and evolution. It covers main-sequence and post–main-sequence stars, relativistic and rotating stars, pulsations, and stellar atmospheres, linking fundamental physics to observable stellar properties and spectra.