《恒星的运动和宇宙的结构》主要是从理论上研究恒星内部的结构，提出恒星通过其向内的重力和向外的光辐射压力维持平衡，其内部是高温的离子化状态的气体，相当于理想气体。作者通过数学模型计算，解释了造父变星的变化周期理论，用科学理论来证明宇宙天体中恒星的运动规律和宇宙天体的内部结构。
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亚瑟·斯坦利·爱丁顿（Arthur Stanley Eddington，1882—1944），英国天文学家、物理学家、数学家，主要著作有《恒星和原子》、《恒星内部结构》、《基本理论》、《科学和未知世界》、《膨胀着的宇宙：天文学的重要数据》、《质子和电子的相对论》、《物理世界的本质》、《科学的新道路》等等。
目录
CHAPTER Ⅰ THE DATA OF OBSERVATION
CHAPTER Ⅱ GENERAL OUTLINE
CHAPTER Ⅲ THE NEAREST STARS
CHAPTER Ⅳ MOVING CLUSTERS
CHAPTER Ⅴ THE SOLAR MOTION
CHAPTER Ⅵ THE TWO STAR STREAMS
CHAPTER Ⅶ THE TWO STAR STREAMS—MATHEMATICAL THEORY
CHAPTER Ⅷ PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH SPECTRAL TYPE
CHAPTER Ⅸ COUNTS OF STARS
CHAPTER Ⅹ CENERAL STATISTICAL INVESTIUATIONS
CHAPTER Ⅺ THE MILKY WAY，STAR—CLUSTERS AND NEBULE
CHAPTER Ⅻ DYNAMICS OF THE STELLAR SYSTEM
INDEX
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