Topology: A Very Short Introduction
(Book #622 in the Very Short Introductions Series)
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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"
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