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This recent comprehensive review, covers strong and weak lensing theory an observations, focusing on galaxy clusters as deflectors. (A)

This is a recent review, focused mostly on clusters and large scale structure. (A)

This book was written to describe the science which is anticipated being performed using the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a future optical imaging facility. This provides an excellent starting point for exploring the current plans for making gravitational lensing measurements from future large area surveys, and what those measurements will enable. (A)

A comprehensive (and updatable) review with sections on the history, theory, and applications of gravitational lensing. (A)

An excellent overview of the history of gravitational lensing, including the 1919 eclipse, covering the history of the subject through to the present day. (I,A)

This paper uses a large Hubble Space Telescope survey to obtain galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements at higher redshifts than previously possible, and explores the evolution of dark halo properties. (A)

First paper from the GREAT series of challenges, which attempt to understand systematics in shear measurements by gradually increasing the complexity of blind analysis simulations. More recent results can be found at http://greatchallenges.info (A)

This paper studies the change in number density of quasars with distance from bright galaxies and models the results as a gravitational lensing signal from the bright galaxies. It includes a discussion of the potential systematic errors in the measurements and why previous attempts at making this measurement were limited by the systematic errors. (A)

Results from the Great 10 challenge which includes variable shear and PSFs in the fields. (A)