The Interface of Knots and Physics: American Mathematical Society Short Course January 2-3, 1995 San Francisco, California (Ams Short Course Lecture Series)

Introduces researchers and graduate students in mathematics or physics to knot polynomials in relation to statistical link invariants, to topological quantum field theories, and to the role of knot theory in quantum gravity. Suitable as a supplement text for a course on algebraic topology or a physics course on field theory. Member price, $31. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.