From the reviews of the first edition: "This book exposes the
beautiful confluence of deep techniques and ideas from mathematical
physics and the topological study of the differentiable structure of
compact four-dimensional manifolds, compact spaces locally modeled on
the world in which we live and operate... The book is filled with
insightful remarks, proofs, and contributions that have never before
appeared in print. For anyone attempting to understand the work of
Donaldson and the applications of gauge theories to four-dimensional
topology, the book is a must." #Science#1 "I would strongly advise
the graduate student or working mathematician who wishes to learn the
analytic aspects of this subject to begin with Freed and Uhlenbeck's
book." #Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society#2