For more than thirty years the senior author has been trying to learn algebraic geometry. In the process he discovered that many of the classic textbooks in alg

"For more than thirty years the senior author has been trying to learn algebraic geometry. In the process he discovered that many of the classic textbooks in al

Surveys several algebraic invariants, including the fundamental group, singular and Cech homology groups, and a variety of cohomology groups.

Developed from a first-year graduate course in algebraic topology, this text is an informal introduction to some of the main ideas of contemporary homotopy and

This book explains techniques that are essential in almost all branches of modern geometry such as algebraic geometry, complex geometry, or non-archimedian geom