Editing Knot theory (section)

==Further reading==

===Introductory textbooks===
There are a number of introductions to knot theory. A classical introduction for graduate students or advanced undergraduates is {{Harv|Rolfsen|1976}}. Other good texts from the references are {{Harv|Adams|2004}} and {{Harv|Lickorish|1997}}. Adams is informal and accessible for the most part to high schoolers. Lickorish is a rigorous introduction for graduate students, covering a nice mix of classical and modern topics. {{Harv|Cromwell|2004}} is suitable for undergraduates who know point-set topology; knowledge of algebraic topology is not required.

* {{citation |first1=Gerhard |last1=Burde |author-link=Gerhard Burde |author2-link=Heiner Zieschang |first2=Heiner |last2=Zieschang |title=Knots |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |series=De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics |volume=5 |year=1985 |isbn=978-3-11-008675-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJHI7DpgIbIC}}
* {{cite book |first1=Richard H. |last1=Crowell |author-link=Richard H. Crowell |first2=Ralph |last2=Fox |author-link2=Ralph Fox| title=Introduction to Knot Theory |year=1977 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-387-90272-2 }}
* {{citation |first=Louis H. |last=Kauffman |author-link=Louis H. Kauffman |title=On Knots |year=1987 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-08435-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLvGkIY8YzwC }}
* {{citation |first=Louis H. |last=Kauffman |author-link=Louis H. Kauffman |title=Knots and Physics |publisher=World Scientific |year=2013 |isbn=978-981-4383-00-4 |edition=4th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSKrRQ77FMkC }}
* {{citation |first=Peter R. |last=Cromwell |title=Knots and Links |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-521-54831-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djvbTNR2dCwC }}
<!-- To keep this section under control, please add only well-known texts that do not substantially overlap an already listed text -->

===Surveys===
*{{citation |editor-first=William W. |editor-last=Menasco |editor2-first=Morwen |editor2-last=Thistlethwaite |editor2-link=Morwen Thistlethwaite |title=Handbook of Knot Theory |publisher=Elsevier |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-444-51452-3 }}
**Menasco and Thistlethwaite's handbook surveys a mix of topics relevant to current research trends in a manner accessible to advanced undergraduates but of interest to professional researchers.
*{{citation |last=Livio |first=Mario |chapter=Ch. 8: Unreasonable Effectiveness? |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebd6QofqY6QC&pg=PA203 |title=Is God a Mathematician? |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7432-9405-8 |pages=203–218 }}