Geometry of Low-Dimensional Manifolds, Vol. 1: Gauge Theory and Algebraic Surfaces (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series)

These volumes are based on lecture courses and seminars given at the LMS Durham Symposium on the geometry of low-dimensional manifolds. This area has been one of intense research recently, with major breakthroughs that have illuminated the way a number of different subjects (topology, differential and algebraic geometry and mathematical physics) interact.