Rudyak's groundbreaking monograph is the first guide on the subject of cobordism since Stong's influential notes of a generation ago. It concentrates on Thom spaces (spectra), orientability theory and (co)bordism theory (including (co)bordism with singularities and, in particular, Morava K-theories). These are all framed by (co)homology theories and spectra. The author has also performed a service to the history of science in this book, giving detailed attributions.

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Notation, Conventions and Other Preliminaries.- Spectra and (Co)homology Theories.- Phantoms.- Thom Spectra.- Orientability and Orientations.- K- and KO-Orientability.- Complex (Co)bordism.- (Co)bordism with Singularities.- Complex (Co)bordism with Singularities.