Morphological Cosmology

Problems and solutions in observational cosmology....Pages 1-28
Clustered galaxies: Many questions and few answers....Pages 29-70
Evolutionary effects in cluster galaxies....Pages 71-78
Evolutionary population synthesis: From galaxies to open clusters....Pages 79-92
The all-sky Abell Rich cluster catalogue: Preparation and uncertainties....Pages 93-103
Large-Scale structure in the New Southern extension of the Abell catalogue....Pages 104-106
Groups of galaxies....Pages 107-123
The alignment of galaxies....Pages 124-133
Distribution of galaxies of different luminosity in the virgo supercluster....Pages 134-144
Southern superclusters and voids....Pages 145-149
Filamentary structure of nearby superclusters of galaxies....Pages 150-160
Anisotropies in the local universe....Pages 161-177
Dusty intergalactic matter....Pages 178-185
Quasar absorption spectra and cosmology....Pages 186-189
Multiple aperture spectroscopy for cluster dynamics and large-scale structure: The MX spectrometer....Pages 190-194
Spatial distribution of galaxies: considerations and implications concerning the foamlike structure....Pages 195-204
Towards fractal description of structure....Pages 205-219
Quantitative study of the large-scale distribution of galaxies: fractal structure of the universe....Pages 220-229
The non-linear universe from 0.01 to 100 Mpc....Pages 230-254
Hypergalactic Structures....Pages 255-264
The luminosity function in the context of biased galaxy formation....Pages 265-283
The mass function of cosmic structures....Pages 284-301
Gaussian properties of large-scale matter distribution....Pages 302-316
Population III stars and baryonic dark matter....Pages 317-330
Concealed parameters of dark matter and galaxy formation....Pages 331-339
Gravitational instability in a two-component cosmological medium....Pages 340-342
Connectivity in CDM universes....Pages 343-353
Structure of the Universe via gravitational potential....Pages 354-368
Primordial black holes and their cosmological consequences....Pages 369-376
The cosmological constant — historical annotations....Pages 377-387
Fritz Zwicky....Pages 389-398
Ambartsumian\'s views on structure and evolution of the Universe....Pages 399-404
Carl Wirtz — An early observational cosmologist....Pages 405-407
Fritz Zwicky\'s postulate of freedom from prejudice considered from the standpoint of the theory of knowledge....Pages 408-417
Philosophical foundations of Zwicky\'s morphological approach in science....Pages 418-426
Summary....Pages 427-432