Cool Stars 14 - Submitted Abstract # 328 This version created on 05 October 2006 Dynamical Theory of Star Formation Lee Hartmann, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor I will review the emergence of a dynamical theory of star formation, driven both by observations and by numerical simulations. In this talk I will focus on two questions given strong impetus by recent observations: how do brown dwarfs form? and why are binaries so common? ----------------------------------