Experiments in Topology Ward earned the Library of

Ward earned the Library of Congress Award

and a crocodile—a macaw

and other challenges

gary chapman

Geared toward students of applied rather than pure mathematics

Experiments in Topology Ward earned the Library of"A mathematician named Klein Thought the Moebius band was divine. Said he: 'If you glue The edges of two, You'll get a weird bottle like mine.' " Stephen Barr In this lively book, the classic in its field, a master of recreational topology invites readers to venture into such tantalizing topological realms as continuity and connectedness via the Klein bottle and the Moebius strip. Beginning with a definition of topology and a discussion of Euler's