Civilization have pondered stars throughout time.  Their light has both evaded and enticed our attentions.  At first we believed the stars to be magical objects worthy of our idolizing.  They were put up there by our gods and they deserved our tribute.  Then our view of the heaven evolved due to the observations of  Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, and the Herschels.  They revealed a field of stars moving with almost sparkling delight.   But they showed their distance in cold space.  These observations led to the idea of stars possibly being objects that were either super planets and or gaseous objects.    Further observations led to second hypothesis being verified.  Now this set the stage on the examinations of stellar evolution.  How do stars come alive and live their lives?