Download or read book On Thom Spectra, Orientability, and Cobordism written by Yu. B. Rudyak and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.