<em>Topics in Knot Theory</em> is a state of the art volume which presents surveys of the field by the most famous knot theorists in the world. It also includes the most recent research work by graduate
and postgraduate students. The new ideas presented cover racks, imitations, welded braids, wild braids, surgery, computer calculations and plottings, presentations of knot groups and representations of knot and link groups
in permutation groups, the complex plane and/or groups of motions.<br/> For mathematicians, graduate students and scientists interested in knot theory.