What's a good introduction to knot theory for complete fucking n00bz?
@maradydd John Baez wrote a lot about them in his old "This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics" series. Hm hang on.
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@maradydd Hm, he was largely interested in their relevance to n-categories which gets really esoteric really fast. Looking up my old texts.. -
@maradydd http://www.amazon.com/The-Knot-Book-Colin-Adams/dp/0821836781 … is good, maybe TOO basic? -
@maradydd Adams focuses on knot polynomials IIRC, which don't require anything much in the way of topology or group theory. -
@St_Rev yesterday I was brushing my hair and noticed that brushing is propagating knots (information) out of your hair like waves -
@St_Rev how did our hair ever get to grow this long unless we've had brushes for like 50,000 years? suspicious... -
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev how often do you shampoo? Or "how do hairy apes remain unknotty without the 'necessities' of toiletries?" -
@MarquisOSnarkie@St_Rev I find it surprising that long gross dreads would be so much more adaptive than just short head fur -
@sarahdoingthing@MarquisOSnarkie Brain uses 25% of calories, scalp radiates 25% of heat. During last ice age, dreads probably good. - 7 more replies
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