'This book contains the basic knowledge on the Monster group in a very accessible way. some results are published in this book for the first time. Many are not even easily found in literature. Hence the book is a very good source for any group theorist who is interested in sporadic simple groups.' Zentralblatt MATH
Preface; 1. M24 and all that; 2. The Monster amalgam M; 3. 196 883-representation of M; 4. 2-local geometries; 5. Griess algebra; 6. Automorphisms of Griess algebra; 7. Important subgroups; 8. Majorana involutions; 9. The Monster graph; 10. Fischer's story; References; Index.