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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.ASTRONOMY MADE SIMPLE (FOR PHYSICISTS)

3.BASICS OF FRW COSMOLOGY

4.OBSERVATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE STANDARD MODEL OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE

5.THE POST-RECOMBINATION UNIVERSE: DETERMINATION OF Ho AND to

6.LOOKING FOR DISCORDANCE: THE CLASSICAL TESTS
6.1.The angular size test
6.2.The modern angular size test: CMB-ology
6.3.The flux-redshift test: Supernovae Ia
6.4.Number counts of faint galaxies

7.CONCLUSIONS

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