Topology
a very short introduction
$27.93
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
11 December 2019
Summary
Unraveling Topology: A Very Short Introduction
How is a subway map different from other maps? What makes a knot knotted? What makes the Möbius strip one-sided? These are questions of topology, the mathematical study of properties preserved by twisting or stretching objects. In the 20th century topology became as broad and fundamental as algebra and geometry, with important implications for science, especially physics. In this Very Short Introduction Richard Earl gives a sense of the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198832683 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198832680 |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Richard Earl |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 11 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 175mm x 112mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
The book is written in an intuitive, informal and motivating style, with emphasis on concepts, ideas, examples and historical comments, and can be recommended as parallel reading for students of a basic course in topology. * Bruno Zimmermann, zbMATH *
About The Author
Richard Earl
Dr. Richard Earl is Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, and Senior Tutor in Mathematics at Worcester College, Oxford. He has taught topology at undergraduate and graduate level, as well as presenting the topic to secondary school students. He is the author of Towards Higher Mathematics: A Companion (CUP, 2017).
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