The global theory of minimal surfaces in flat spaces lectures given at the 2nd session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (CIME) held in Martina Franca, Italy July 7 - 14, 1999 - Meeks, William H. 1947-; Ros, Antonio 1957-; Rosenberg, Harold 1941- (Lecture notes in mathematics, 2002)