Published in "Extragalactic Background Radiation", Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series 7, 1995, eds. D. Calzetti, M. Livio and P. Madau


INTRODUCTION

P. J. E. Peebles


Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA


Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE
The Cosmological Principle
The Mean Optical Luminosity Density

COSMOGONY
The Epochs of Structure Formation
The History of Element Formation
The Ionization History of Diffuse Matter
Concluding Remarks

REFERENCES

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