This book is a well-informed and detailed analysis of the problems and development of algebraic topology, from Poincaré and Brouwer to Serre, Adams, and Thom.

This book is a well-informed and detailed analysis of the problems and development of algebraic topology, from Poincaré and Brouwer to Serre, Adams, and Thom.

Topology, for many years, has been one of the most exciting and influential fields of research in modern mathematics. Although its origins may be traced back se

This book contains several fundamental ideas that are revived time after time in different guises, providing a better understanding of algebraic geometric pheno