"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
Courtesy of the Unapologetic Mathematician, here’s a link to a History of Knot Theory from Jozel Przytycki’s book on the subject. I’ve got a couple of books on knot theory (and more than a few on just tying interesting knots), so I’ll have to check this out.
[tags]Mathematics,Knot Theory[/tags]
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