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\title{A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON STAR FORMATION}
\author{S. Michael Fall\\
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Space Telescope Science Institute\\
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3700 San Martin Drive\\
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Baltimore, MD  21218}
\pub{{\em the proceedings of}\\
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HST and the High Redshift Universe,\\
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{\em held July 1996 in Cambridge, U.K.}}

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\begin{abstract}
We outline a method to infer the global history of star formation in
galaxies with input only from absorption-line observations of quasars.
The application of the method to existing data leads to the conclusion
that most stars formed at relatively low redshifts ($z\aplt2$). We
combine the global rate of star formation with stellar populations
synthesis models to compute the mean comoving emissivity and mean
intensity of background radiation from far-UV to far-IR wavelengths.
These predictions are consistent with all the available measurements and
observational limits, including recent results from {\it HST\/} and {\it
COBE\/}.
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