Contents

pp v-vi

List of contributors

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-x

Part I - Observational facts relating to discrete sources

pp 1-2

1 - The state of cosmology

pp 3-16

2 - The redshifts of galaxies and QSOs

pp 17-36

3 - Accretion discs in quasars?

pp 37-46

Part II - Observational facts relating to background radiation

pp 47-48

4 - CMB observations and consequences

pp 49-68

5 - Abundances of light nuclei

pp 69-75

6 - Evidence for an accelerating Universe or lack of?

pp 76-84

Part III - Standard cosmology

pp 85-86

7 - Cosmology, an overview of the standard model

pp 87-100

8 - What are the building blocks of our Universe?

pp 101-108

Part IV - Large-scale structure

pp 109-110

9 - Observations of large-scale structure

pp 111-122

10 - Reconstruction of large-scale peculiar velocity fields

pp 123-136

Part V - Alternative cosmologies

pp 137-138

11 - The quasi-steady-state cosmology

pp 139-151

12 - Evidence for iron whiskers in the Universe

pp 152-163

13 - Alternatives to dark matter: MOND + Mach

pp 164-172

14 - Anthropic principle in cosmology

pp 173-180

Part VI - Evidence for anomalous redshifts

pp 181-182

15 - Anomalous redshifts

pp 183-196

16 - Redshifts of galaxies and QSOs: The problem of redshift periodicities

pp 197-206

17 - Statistics of redshift periodicities

pp 207-216

18 - Local abnormal redshifts

pp 217-222

19 - Gravitational lensing and anomalous redshifts

pp 223-234

Part VII - Panel discussion

pp 235-236