A Topological Picturebook

• Main Author: Francis, George K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Geometry.; Topology.

Praise for George Francis's A Topological Picturebook: Bravo to Springer for reissuing this unique and beautiful book! It not only reminds the older generation of the pleasures of doing mathematics by hand, but also shows the new generation what ``hands on'' really means. - John Still...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Descriptive Topology
• 2 Methods and Media
• 3 Pictures in Perspective
• 4 The Impossible Tribar
• 5 Shadows from Higher Dimension
• 6 Sphere Eversions
• 7 Group Pictures
• 8 The Figure Eight Knot
• Postscript.