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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Early relativistic cosmology; 3. Theobservational revolution; 4. The observational trail 1931, the determinationof H0 and the age dilemma; 5. Changing times 1945 1965: New techniques andnew people; 6. The extension of the redshift apparent magnitude diagram tofaint galaxies 1956 1995; 7. The classical steady state cosmological modeland its observational tests; 8. The cosmic microwave background, anhistorical account; 9. The origin of the light elements; 10. A new primordialcalculation of Y and D/H; 11. The new observational evidence and itsinterpretation: (a) quasi-stellar objects and redshifts; 12. The newobservational evidence and its interpretation: (b) ejection phenomena andenergetics; 13. Modern Friedmann cosmology; 14. Standard cosmology; 15. Newcosmological models; 16. The observational evidence explained in terms of thequasi-steady state model; 17. The intrinsic redshift problem; 18. Creationcenters and black holes; 19. Modern observations of faint galaxies andrelated objects; 20. Large scale distribution of matter; 21. A brief accountof the radiation fields in the universe: the observations and theirinterpretation; 22. Summary; 23. Some unsolved problems.