Published in "The Hubble Deep Field", eds. M. Livio, S.M. Fall and P. Madau 1998

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Table of Contents

• PROLOGUE
• A History of a Name
• Hubble's legacy
• THE 1934-1936 N(m) COUNT CAMPAIGN
• The observational data from the 1934 campaign
• The 1936 observational campaign
• Hubble's interpretation
• WHY HUBBLE'S PROGRAM FAILED
• Enter Greenstein
• Modern K term
• Corrections to the magnitude scale
• THE MATTIG REVOLUTION 1958-1959
• THE MODERN COUNT CAMPAIGNS
• The post Hubble era (1970-1997)
• Comparison with Hubble 1936
• THE STEPS NEEDED TO MAKE A PROPER CALCULATION OF N(m)
• The input parameters
• A conservative view
• A CHANGE OF MORPHOLOGY AT HIGH Z-"MERGERS" OR ELS WITH NOISE?
• PHILOSOPHY VS. PRACTICALITY
• REFERENCES