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\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{3}{section.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1}The Long View}{3}{subsection.1.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2}The Game Plan}{4}{subsection.1.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Phenomenology}{5}{section.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Geometry in Cosmology}{6}{section.3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Hubble's Law}{8}{subsection.3.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Cosmography}{9}{subsection.3.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Cosmic Dynamics}{10}{section.4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}Friedmann's Equation (Classical Derivation)}{10}{subsection.4.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}Using Friedmann's Equation}{12}{subsection.4.2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.2.1}The Einstein-de Sitter Case}{13}{subsubsection.4.2.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Cosmography}{13}{section.5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1}The Search for the Hubble Constant}{13}{subsection.5.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.1.1}The Distance Ladder}{14}{subsubsection.5.1.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.1.2}Beyond the Key Project}{14}{subsubsection.5.1.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2}More Distant Measurements}{14}{subsection.5.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3}Cosmic Chronometers}{15}{subsection.5.3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Gravitational Lensing}{15}{section.6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {6.1}Strong Lensing}{15}{subsection.6.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Thermal History of the Universe}{16}{section.7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {7.1}Era of Recombination}{17}{subsection.7.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {7.2}Radiation Dominated Era}{17}{subsection.7.2}