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An advanced review of how binary stars affect stellar evolution, presenting results from state-of-the art models and recent observations.

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This book presents a collection of focused review papers on the advances in topics in modern astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and planetary science. The chapt

Concise and self-contained, this textbook gives a graduate-level introduction to the physical processes that shape planetary systems, covering all stages of pla