TY - BOOK AU - Eddington,Arthur Stanley AU - Chandrasekhar,S. TI - The internal constitution of the stars T2 - Cambridge science classics SN - 9780511600005 (ebook) AV - QB875 .E33 1988 U1 - 523.8/6 19 PY - 1988/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Stars KW - Constitution N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); I; Survey of the Problem; 1 --; II; Thermodynamics of Radiation; 27 --; III; Quantum Theory; 44 --; IV; Polytropic Gas Spheres; 79 --; V; Radiative Equilibrium; 97 --; VI; Solution of the Equations; 114 --; VII; The Mass-Luminosity Relation; 145 --; VIII; Variable Stars; 180 --; IX; The Coefficient of Opacity; 216 --; X; Ionisation, Diffusion, Rotation; 250 --; XI; The Source of Stellar Energy; 289 --; XII; The Outside of a Star; 321 --; XIII; Diffuse Matter in Space; 371 N2 - The publication of The Internal Constitution of the Stars by Arthur Eddington in 1926 was a major landmark in the development of modern theoretical astrophysics. Not only did Eddington effectively create the discipline of the structure, constitution, and the evolution of the stars, but he also recognised and established the basic elements of our present understanding of the subject. The influence of the book is indicated by the remark by H. N. Russell in 1945: 'This volume has every claim to be regarded as a masterpiece of the first rank' UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511600005 ER -