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TITLE PAGE

1.PROLOGUE

1.1.A History of a Name

1.2.Hubble's legacy

2.THE 1934-1936 N(m) COUNT CAMPAIGN

2.1.The observational data from the 1934 campaign

2.2.The 1936 observational campaign

2.3.Hubble's interpretation

3.WHY HUBBLE'S PROGRAM FAILED

3.1.Enter Greenstein

3.2.Modern K term

3.3.Corrections to the magnitude scale

4.THE MATTIG REVOLUTION 1958-1959

5.THE MODERN COUNT CAMPAIGNS

5.1.The post Hubble era (1970-1997)

5.2.Comparison with Hubble 1936

6.THE STEPS NEEDED TO MAKE A PROPER CALCULATION OF N(m)

6.1.The input parameters

6.2.A conservative view

7.A CHANGE OF MORPHOLOGY AT HIGH Z-"MERGERS" OR ELS WITH NOISE?

8.PHILOSOPHY VS. PRACTICALITY

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