The Geometry of Four-Manifolds

This book provides the first lucid and accessible account to the modern study of the geometry of four-manifolds. It will be required reading for postgraduates and research workers whose research touches on this topic. Pre-requisites are a firm grounding in differential topology, and geometry as may be gained from the first year of a graduate course. The subject matter of this book is the most significant breakthrough in mathematics of the last fifty years, and Professor Donaldson won a Fields medal for his work in the area.