Topology: A Very Short Introduction

by Richard Earl

Book Overview

How is a subway map different from other maps? What makes a knot knotted? What makes the M bius 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 more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198832680
• ISBN13: 9780198832683
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.1" x 6.8"