Current issues in cosmology

Part I. Observational Facts Relating to Discrete Sources: 1. The state of cosmology G. Burbidge 2. The redshifts of galaxies and QSOs E. M. Burbidge and G. Burbidge 3. Accretion discs in quasars J. Sulentic Part II. Observational Facts Relating to Background Radiation: 4. CMB observations and consequences F. Bouchet 5. Abundances of light nuclei K. Olive 6. Evidence for an accelerating universe or lack of A. Blanchard Part III. Standard Cosmology: 7. Cosmology, an overview of the standard model F. Bernardeau 8. What are the building blocks of our universe? K. C. Wali Part IV. Large-Scale Structure: 9. Observations of large-scale structure V. de Lapparent 10. Reconstruction of large-scale peculiar velocity fields R. Mohayaee, B. Tully and U. Frisch Part V. Alternative Cosmologies: 11. The quasi-steady state cosmology J. V. Narlikar 12. Evidence for iron whiskers in the universe N. C. Wickramasinghe 13. Alternatives to dark matter: MOND + Mach D. Roscoe 14. Anthropic principle in cosmology B. Carter Part VI. Evidence for Anomalous Redshifts: 15. Anomalous redshifts H. C. Arp 16. Redshifts of galaxies and QSOs: the problem of redshift periodicities G. Burbidge 17. Statistics of redshift periodicities W. Napier 18. Local abnormal redshifts J.-C. Pecker 19. Gravitational lensing and anomalous redshifts J. Surdej, J.-F. Claeskens and D. Sluse Panel discussion General discussion Concluding remarks.