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ABSTRACT

1.MOTIVATION AND SCOPE OF REVIEW

1.1.Introduction

1.2.Preconception Number 1: Bulges Are Old

1.3.Preconception Number 2: The Galactic Bulge Is Super-Solar Metallicity

1.4.Preconception Number 3: Bulges Are Similar to Elliptical Galaxies

2.RESOLVED BULGES - LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES

2.1.Milky Way Galaxy

2.2.M 33 (NGC 598)

2.3.M 31 (NGC 224)

2.4.Large Magellanic Cloud

2.5.General Properties of the Local Group Disk Galaxies

3.LOW-REDSHIFT UNRESOLVED BULGES

3.1.Bulges and Ellipticals

3.2.Bulges and Disks

3.3.Bulges in Formation at z < 0.1?

4.HIGH-REDSHIFT BULGES

5.FORMATION SCENARIOS

5.1.Are Bulges Related to Their Haloes?

5.2.Accretion/Merging

5.3.Disk-Bars-Bulges, Etc

6.CONCLUSIONS

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