This book is an attempt to write on commutative algebra in a way that includes the geometric ideas that played a great role in its formation with a view, in short, towards algebraic geometry. The author provides a book that covers the material that graduate students studying algebraic geometry - and in particular those studying, "Algebraic Geometry" by Robin Hartshorne - should know. The reader should have had had one year of basic graduate algebra.
D. Eisenbud
Commutative Algebra with a View Toward Algebraic Geometry
"This text has personality―Those familiar with Eisenbud"s own research will recognize its traces in his choice of topics and manner of approach. The book conveys infectious enthusiasm and the conviction that research in the field is active and yet accessible."―MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS