chapter 1 The clumpy universe -- chapter 2 The standard model of the universe -- chapter 3 Cosmological point processes -- chapter 4 Fractal properties of the galaxy distribution -- chapter 5 Statistical and geometrical modelsof the galaxy distribution -- chapter 6 Formation of structure -- chapter 7 Random fields in cosmology -- chapter 8 Fourier analysis of clustering -- chapter 9 Cosmography -- chapter 10 Structure statistics.