Stellar Luminosity and Mass Functions, Ay 124 Star Formation History, and Bimodal Star Formation. ======================================================================= Some elementary stuff: MB 4.1, 4.2 The most comprehensive review: Scalo, J. 1986, Fund. Cosm. Phys. 11, 1. [***] (Developed from an earlier review by Miller, G., and Scalo, J. 1979, Ap. J. Suppl. 41, 513.) Old-fashioned, and very, very extensive: Trumpler, R., and Weaver, H. 1953, "Statistical Astronomy", New York: Dover. Other luminosity/mass f. stuff: Wielen, R. 1974, in Highlights of Astronomy 3, 395. Wielen, R., Jahreiss, H., and Kruger, R. 1983, in IAU Coll. 76, 163. [**] Freedman, W. 1985, Ap. J. 299, 74. McClure, R., et al. 1986, Ap. J. Lett. 307, L49. Gilmore, G., and Wyse, R. 1987, in "The Galaxy", eds. Gilmore, G., and Carswell, R., p. 247. Dordrecht: Reidel. Low-mass end: Reid, N. 1982, M.N.R.A.S. 201, 51. Reid, N., and Gilmore, G. 1982, M.N.R.A.S. 201, 73. Gilmore, G., Reid, N., and Hewett, P. 1985, M.N.R.A.S. 213, 257. Hawkins, M. 1986, M.N.R.A.S. 223, 845. Reid, N. 1987, M.N.R.A.S. 225, 873. [**] Hawkins, M., and Bessel, M. 1988, M.N.R.A.S. 234, 177. Liebert, J., and Probst, R. 1987, Ann. Rev. Astron. Aph. 25, 473. [*] Bimodal star formation, etc.: Larson, R. 1986, M.N.R.A.S. 218, 409. Larson, R. 1987, in "Stellar Populations", STScI workshop, eds. Norman, C., Tosi, M., and Renzini, A., p. 101. Cambridge: CUP. Silk, J. 1987, in IAU Symp. 115, p. 663. (plus numerous other conference papers by Larson, Scalo, or Silk.) Some useful recent conference proceedings: "The Nearby Stars and the Stellar Luminosity Function", IAU Colloq. 76, eds. Philip, A.G.D., and Upgren, A. Schenectady, NY: L. Davis Press (1983). "Astrophysics of Brown Dwarfs", eds. Kafatos, M., Harrington, R., and Maran, S. Cambridge: CUP (1986). "Starbursts and Galaxy Evolution", Moriond workshop, eds. Thuan, T., Montmerle, T., and Van, J. Gif-sur-Yvette: Eds. Frontieres (1987). "Star Forming Regions", IAU Symp. 115, eds. Peimbert, M. and Jugaku, J. Dordrecht: Reidel (1987). "Galactic and Extragalactic Star Formation", eds. Pudritz, R., and Fich, M. Dordrecht: Kluwer (1988).