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==Preface==
Looking back, it seems clear to me that the technical book that has had the most influence on my research career has been [<b>[[Appendix/References#EFE|<font color="red">EFE</font>]]</b>], that is, Chandrasekhar's (originally, 1969) ''Ellipsoidal Figures of Equilibrium.''  Chandrasekhar evaluated the relative stability of a wide variety of astrophysically interesting (usually ''Newtonian'' self-gravitating), rotating equilibrium configurations by employing his own exceptional mathematical skills and those of his students &#8212; notably, Norman Lebovitz. When I entered graduate school at UC, Santa Cruz in 1974, [<b>[[Appendix/References#EFE|<font color="red">EFE</font>]]</b>] was the set of glasses through which most astronomers examined stability.  Having access to only meager computing resources, Chandrasekhar's descriptions of the onset of instabilities, or evolution between nearly adjacent states, was usually limited to linear-amplitude deviations from equilibrium.  From the beginning, I have been interested in using (steadily improving) computational resources to repeat, then extend the analyses found in [<b>[[Appendix/References#EFE|<font color="red">EFE</font>]]</b>] &hellip; (1) to configurations with non-homogeneous and compressible structures; and (2) into the nonlinear regime.

The MediaWiki-formatted text that you are reading &#8212; titled, ''The Structure, Stability, &amp; Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Fluids'' &#8212; is my attempt to explain in detail what has been learned as a result of our (and the broader astrophysics community's) extension of the foundation work presented in [<b>[[Appendix/References#EFE|<font color="red">EFE</font>]]</b>].  The chapters of this ever-developing book that, on any date, I consider ready for public consumption can be found on the MediaWiki page that I refer to as the [[H_BookTiledMenu#Tiled_Menu|Tiled Menu]].  The [[#Doctoral_Students_Tohline_Has_Advised|graduate students who have come through my group]] over the years have made important contributions to the healthy development of this research field.  The [[#Outline_of_Research_Activities|''Outline of Research Activities'']] that is presented, below, highlights and summarizes these contributions.