Cosmological Aspects of X-Ray Clusters of Galaxies

Preface. 1. The Present and the Past of X-Ray Astronomy. 2. X-Ray Clusters and Cluster Environments. 3. Cluster Masses and Dynamics. 4. Cooling Flows and Chemical Abundances. 5. Cluster Lensing and Sunyaev--Sel'dovich Effect. 6. Cluster Formation and Evolution. 7. Large-Scale Structure. 8. Structure and Cosmological Parameters. Author Index. Object Index. Subject Index.