This volume contains the proceedings from the conference The Labyrinth of Star Formation that
was held in Crete Greece in June 2012 to honour the contributions to the study of star
formation made by Professor Anthony Whitworth of Cardiff University. The book covers many
aspects of theoretical and observational star formation: low-mass star formation young
circumstellar discs computational methods triggered star formation the stellar initial mass
function high-mass star formation and stellar clusters. Each section starts with a review
paper followed by papers discussing recent theoretical and observational work. This volume
summarises our current understanding of star formation and is useful for both graduate students
and researchers alike.
