Star formation and stellar evolution: an overview -- Introduction to the physics of stellar interiors and the equations of stellar structure -- Statistical physics -- Absorption processes -- Stellar atmospheres, convective envelopes and stellar winds -- Thermonuclear reaction and nucleosynthesis -- Weak interactions in stellar interiors -- Stellar stability and hydrodyamics -- Binary stars, mass accretion, stellar rotation and meridional circulation -- Stellar magnetic fields -- White dwarfs, novae and supernovae -- General relativity -- Neutron stars and black holes