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Chapter Contents

1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

2. THE COSMOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

3. RADIATIVE PROCESSES - I

4. RADIATIVE PROCESSES - II

5. THE STANDARD MODEL

6. SURVEYS

7. LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS

8. THE CONTINUUM

9. RADIO PROPERTIES

10. X-RAY EMISSION

11. X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA

12. UNIFICATION

13. QUASAR ABSORPTION LINES

14. GRAVITATIONAL LENSING

15. PROBLEMS AND CONTROVERSIES