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  <title><![CDATA[Topology (2nd Edition)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;/B&gt; This introduction to topology provides separate,  in-depth coverage of both general topology and algebraic topology.  Includes many examples and figures. &lt;B&gt;&lt;/B&gt; GENERAL  TOPOLOGY. Set Theory and Logic. Topological Spaces and Continuous  Functions. Connectedness and Compactness.  Countability and Separation  Axioms. The Tychonoff Theorem. Metrization Theorems and  paracompactness. Complete Metric Spaces and Function Spaces. Baire  Spaces and Dimension Theory. ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY. The Fundamental  Group. Separation Theorems. The Seifert-van Kampen Theorem.  Classification of Surfaces. Classification of Covering Spaces.  Applications to Group Theory. &lt;B&gt;&lt;/B&gt; For anyone needing a  basic, thorough, introduction to general and algebraic topology and  its applications.     &lt;/P&gt;</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[After making my way through Dover's excellent duo of <em>Algebraic Topology</em> and <em>Combinatorial Topology</em> (old school), I was recommended this textbook on account of its 'clean, accessible' (1) layout, and its wise choice of 'not completely dedicating itself to the Jordan (curve) theorem'. (2)<br/><br/>I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72527582">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I ever write a math textbook, it will be modeled after this.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book contains a great introduction to topology (more point-set than algebraic). I must admit, I have not read all of the first part of the book, but Munkres certainly makes it easier for a beginner to accept and understand the seemingly over-abstract definitions involved in point-set topology. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40357092">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[rough book to get through and it doesn't motivate the concepts of a topological space right away from metric spaces, but this is a minor oversight and doesn't really detract from the book's strengths.  i haven't read this book in a while so i can't really give a detailed account about it's strengths...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16882985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116418.Topology_2nd_Edition_" title="Topology (2nd Edition) by James R. Munkres">Topology</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is *the* topology book for self-study. Extremely clear, full of examples. Assumes no background and gets *very* far: on the &quot;general topology&quot; front, does Uryssohn and Nagata-Smirnov metrization, Brouwer fixed-point, dimension theory, manifold embeddings. There's a huge section on alg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5682822">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this might be the best math text book ever written.<br/><br/>I learned Topology from this book.  This book is THE text to learn topology from.  This book is a rare combination in that it teaches the material very well and it can be used as a reference later.<br/><br/>The treatment on algebra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18134927">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you need to learn point-set topology this is the place to do it.  I can't vouch for all of the AT material in the latter half, but I imagine it is as good as the rest of the book.  If only all texts were this clear.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[nice book on topology, challenging problems, but text is too wordy]]></body>
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