Title: deceptive title
Product review: Marker's book is not an introduction! It starts off obscure and stays that way throughout. No motivation is developed and only the highyl technical aspects of model theory are presented. He does not give in depth account to maximizing techniques and also glides over the lowenheim-skolem theorems, the proof of both totalling less than a page and a half! While this is not particularly important, no historical constext is given either. A positive aspect of this book is the relevance it has to modern algebra. Marker uses ample examples from algebra. In my opinion, this book is not an introduction, but a cross-disciplinary text for both model theory and modern algebra. Anyone seeking an actual introduction to model theory, or even an historical exposition of the subject need NOT purchase this book.
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