CHAPTER 1  
Introduction  

Conventions  
Contents  

CHAPTER 2  
Manifolds  

CW Structures, Triangulations, and Handle Structures on Manifolds  

The Annulus Theorem and the Stable Homeomorphism Theorem  

CHAPTER 5  
Tubular Neighborhoods  

CHAPTER 6  
Background on Bundle Structures  

CHAPTER 7  
Stiefel-Whitney Classes  

CHAPTER 8  
Intersection Forms and Smooth 4-Manifolds  

Smoothing 4-Manifolds  

CHAPTER 10  
Topological Transversality  

CHAPTER 11  
Tubing of Surfaces  

CHAPTER 12  
Classification Results for 4-Manifolds  

CHAPTER 13  
Stable Smoothing of Homeomorphisms  

Rei de Meister Torsion in the Topological Category  

CHAPTER 15  
Obstructions to Being Topologically Slice  

Conclusion