Stable algebraic topology, 1945-1966.
J. Peter May

Contents:
1. Setting up the foundations
2. The Eilenberg-Steenrod axioms
3. Stable and unstable homotopy groups
4. Spectral sequences and calculations in homology and homotopy
5. Steenrod operations, K(\pi,n)'s, and characteristic classes
6. The introduction of cobordism
7. The route from cobordism towards K-theory
8. Bott periodicity and K-theory
9. The Adams spectral sequence and Hopf invariant one
10. S-duality and the introduction of spectra
11. Oriented cobordism and complex cobordism
12. K-theory, cohomology, and characteristic classes
13. Generalized homology and cohomology theories
14. Vector fields on spheres and J(X)
15. Further applications and refinements of K-theory
16. Bordism and cobordism theories
17. Further work on cobordism and its relation to K-theory
18. High dimensional geometric topology
19. Iterated loop space theory
20. Algebraic K-theory and homotopical algebra
21. The stable homotopy category
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