This text covers star formation at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students. It is based on Mark Krumholz's course on star formation at UC Santa Cruz and Australian National University. The book includes problem sets and solutions.
This version is published through the Open Astrophysics Bookshelf, and is available under a creative commons license (see the LICENSE file included in the repository). Paper and e-book editions are also available for purchase as part of the World Scientific Series in Astrophysics.
MRK would like to thank numerous students over the years for finding errors and identifying places where the book was not clear or could be improved. In addition, the following people helped by reporting / fixing errors: Erik Rosolowsky, Adam Ginsburg, Julianne Dalcanton, Golshan Ejlali.