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

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