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Alexei Sossinsky - Knots: Mathematics with a Twist - 9780674013810 - KTS0035888
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Knots: Mathematics with a Twist

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Description for Knots: Mathematics with a Twist paperback. Ornaments and icons, symbols of complexity or evil, aesthetically appealing and endlessly useful, knots are also the object of mathematical theory, used to unravel ideas about the topological nature of space. This introduction offers the basic ideas and applications to knot theory. Translator(s): Weiss, Giselle. Num Pages: 160 pages, 64 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good

Ornaments and icons, symbols of complexity or evil, aesthetically appealing and endlessly useful in everyday ways, knots are also the object of mathematical theory, used to unravel ideas about the topological nature of space. In recent years knot theory has been brought to bear on the study of equations describing weather systems, mathematical models used in physics, and even, with the realization that DNA sometimes is knotted, molecular biology.

This book, written by a mathematician known for his own work on knot theory, is a clear, concise, and engaging introduction to this complicated subject. A guide to the basic ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674013810
SKU
KTS0035888
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About Alexei Sossinsky
Alexei Sossinsky is Professor of Mathematics, University of Moscow.

Reviews for Knots: Mathematics with a Twist
This eminently likeable introduction to knot theory is heavily illustrated with diagrams to help us get our heads around the mind-bending ideas, and Sossinsky delights in breaking off at tangents to relate surprising knot-related facts of the natural world, such as the fish that ties its body in a knot to escape predators, or the topological operations that are performed ... Read more

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