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Volume 2: Measuring and Modeling the Universe
Edited by W. L. Freedman

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Lastname, Initials 2004, in Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 2: Measuring and Modeling the Universe, ed. W. L. Freedman (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), in press

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. HISTORY
List of Participants
A Brief History of Cosmology
M. S. Longair
Edwin Hubble: A Biographical Retrospective
G. E. Christianson
II. THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS
Inflation
A. H. Guth
Detecting the Multi-Connectedness of the Universe
B. Wilson and C. C. Dyer
Update on String Theory
J. H. Schwarz
Dark Matter Theory
J. Silk
Status of Cosmology on the Occasion of the Carnegie Centennial
W. L. Freedman and M. S. Turner
III. THE HUBBLE CONSTANT
The Extragalactic Distance Scale
J. B. Jensen, J. L. Tonry, and J. P. Blakeslee
The Hubble Constant from Gravitational Lens Time Delays
C. S. Kochanek and P. L. Schechter
Chandra and XMM-Newton Results on the Hubble Constant from Gravitational Lensing
G. Chartas, X. Dai, and G. P. Garmire
Measuring the Hubble Constant with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect
E. D. Reese
Observed Anisotropy in the Universe's Expansion Rate
M. L. McClure and C. C. Dyer
IV. MATTER DENSITY
How Much is There of What? Measuring the Mass Density of the Universe
V. Trimble
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: Probing the First 20 Minutes
G. Steigman
V. LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE AND OTHER TESTS
Cosmological Results from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
M. Colless
Large-scale Structure in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
M. Bernardi
Quasars as Cosmological Probes
C. D. Impey
Skewering the Cosmic Web with Quasars
A. R. Marble, C. E. Petry, C. D. Impey, and R. Davé
Cosmology with Quasar Pairs
C. E. Petry, K. A. Eriksen, A. R. Marble, L. Bai, and C. D. Impey
Measuring the Time Evolution of the Redshift-Distortion Parameter beta
H. Nishioka
VI. GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
LIGO at the Threshold of Science Operations
A. Lazzarini
VII. DARK ENERGY AND THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT
Why is the Universe Accelerating?
S. M. Carroll
Cosmology and Life
M. Livio
Evidence from Type Ia Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy
A. V. Filippenko
The Latest Version of the Standardized Candle Method for Type II Supernovae
M. Hamuy
VIII. COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND
Theoretical Overview of Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy
E. L. Wright
The Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background
M. Zaldiarraga
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
L. Page
Interferometric Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
A. C. S. Readhead and T. J. Pearson
QUEST - A Ground-Based Millimeter-Wave Telescope for CMB Polarization Studies
B. Rusholme and the QUEST Collaboration
IX. SUMMARY
Conference Summary: Observational Cosmology
S. M. Faber
Measuring and Modeling the Universe: A Theoretical Perspective
R. D. Blandford

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