Title: Mapping spaces and homology isomorphisms Author: Nicholas J. Kuhn AMS classification numbers: 55P35, 55N20, 55P42 arXiv no.: math.AT/0407146 address: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA email: njk4x@virginia.edu Abstract: Let Map(K,X) denote the space of pointed continuous maps from a finite cell complex K to a space X. Let E_* be a generalized homology theory. We use Goodwillie calculus methods to prove that under suitable conditions on K and X, Map(K, X) will send an E_*--isomorphism in either variable to a map that is monic in E_* homology. Interesting examples arise by letting E_* be K--theory, K be a sphere, and the map in the X variable be an exotic unstable Adams map between Moore spaces.