This will be a first course on algebraic topology, following on from the introduction to topology given in the Level 3 course Metric spaces. Topology studies the shape of space, with examples such as ...

This book achieves the purpose of providing an introduction which reaches the developing parts of the subject, and for those who already know a little algebraic topology is by far the best textbook ...

It also serves as a guide to more advanced material. The book begins with a basic and informal introduction to knot theory, giving many examples of knot invariants before the class of Vassiliev ...