Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Higher dimensions and the h-Cobordism theorem
  • Ch. 2. Topological 4-manifolds and h-Cobordisms
  • Ch. 3. Getting acquainted with intersection forms
  • Ch. 4. Intersection forms and topology
  • Ch. 5. Classifications and counterclassifications
  • Ch. 6. Running through complex geometry
  • Ch. 7. The Enriques-Kodaira classification
  • Ch. 8. Elliptic surfaces
  • Ch. 9. Prelude, and the Donaldson invariants
  • Ch. 10. The Seiberg-Witten invariants
  • Ch. 11. The minimum genus of embedded surfaces
  • Ch. 12. Wildness unleashed : the Fintushel-Stern surgery.