Topology Atlas Document # iaab-14

What is Topology?

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology)
Robert R. Bruner (http://www.math.wayne.edu/~rrb/topology.html): A brief (one page) introduction to topology.
Neil Strickland (http://www.shef.ac.uk/~pm1nps/Wurble.html): Tries to answer the question by use of applications.
Zbigniew Fiedorowicz (http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~fiedorow/math655/announcement.html): Discusses the question: What is topology good for? Shows examples of Euler's formula, knots.
Andrew J. Nicas (http://icarus.math.mcmaster.ca/andy/nicas_top.html): A very brief (a paragraph) discussion of "What is topology?".
Jussi Talsi (http://www.kolumbus.fi/justal/bits/math/topology.htm): A brief exposition on "What is Topology?".
Stephen Watson (http://at.yorku.ca/i/a/a/b/14.dir/1.txt): A brief definition of topology.
Kevin Iga (http://math.pepperdine.edu/~kiga/topology.html): A good introduction to the notions of topology and manifold theory.
The Mathematical Atlas: Dave Rusin (http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/index/54-XX.html): An introduction to topology, with essays on special topics and relations to other fields.
The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive: Topology Enters Mathematics (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Topology_in_mathematics.html): Gives a brief introduction to the origins of topology with links to the bio's of the people that helped inspire topology. Very helpful for those looking for the history of topology.