Daniel Huybrechts is Professor in the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn. He previously held positions at Université Denis Diderot Paris 7 and the University of Cologne. He has published five books, including 'Lectures on K3 Surfaces' (2016) and 'Fourier-Mukai Transforms in Algebraic Geometry' (2006).

• 1. Basic facts; 2. Fano varieties of lines; 3. Moduli spaces; 4. Cubic surfaces; 5. Cubic threefolds; 6. Cubic fourfolds; 7. Derived categories of cubic hypersurfaces; References; Subject index.

'What a beautiful book. Several turning points in algebraic geometry have in their background a cubic hypersurface. This superb exposition, by one of the masters in the field, takes the reader, in a friendly manner, through the fascinating, and occasionally mysterious, properties of these geometrical objects, and through them offers a glimpse of the underlying Hodge theory, of the theory of periods, the theory of motives, and the theory of derived categories. Graduate students, researchers, and colleagues will all find this unified treatment of cubic hypersurfaces profoundly inspiring.' Enrico Arbarello, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei