The Cosmic Microwave Background: 25 Years Later: Proceedings of a Meeting on The Cosmic Microwave B

Historical Remarks.- The Impact of the CMB Discovery on Theoretical Cosmology.- Discovery of the 3°K Radiation.- Small Scale CMB Anisotropy.- Small Scale Anisotropy Measurements.- Theoretical Maps of CMB Anisotropies.- Theory and Significance of the Sunyaev-Zel'Dovich Effect.- Observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'Dovich Effect.- Large and Intermediate Scale CMB Anisotropy.- Experimental Methods for the Investigation of the Large Scale CBR Anisotropy.- Medium Scale Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background at 3.3 mm.- CMB Spectrum.- Observations of the CMB Spectrum.- Theoretical Implications of the CMB Spectral Distortions.- Cosmic Instability From Radiation Pressure.- Other Backgrounds.- Infrared Cosmic Background Radiation.- The Origin of the Extragalactic X-Ray Background.- Cosmic Background Radiation: Components in Other Wavelength Ranges and their Relevance to Microwave Background.- Forthcoming Experiments.- Cosmic Background Radiation: The Next 25 Years.- Future Programs on Background Astronomy.- Conclusions.- Concluding Remarks-Observations.- Concluding Remarks-Theory.