History of Topology

Content: 
Preface, Page v, I.M. James
Acknowledgement of Illustrations, Page vi
Chapter 1 - The Emergence of Topological Dimension Theory, Pages 1-24, Tony Crilly, Dale Johnson
Chapter 2 - The Concept of Manifold, 1850–1950, Pages 25-64, Erhard Scholz
Chapter 3 - Development of the Concept of Homotopy, Pages 65-102, Ria Vanden Eynde
Chapter 4 - Development of the Concept of a Complex, Pages 103-110, Gerhard Burde, Heiner Zieschang
Chapter 5 - Differential Forms, Pages 111-122, Victor J. Katz
Chapter 6 - The Topological Work of Henri Poincaré, Pages 123-167, K.S. Sarkaria
Chapter 7 - Weyl and the Topology of Continuous Groups, Pages 169-198, Thomas Hawkins
Chapter 8 - By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them: Some Remarks on the Interaction of General Topology with Other Areas of Mathematics, Pages 199-239, Teun Koetsier, Jan van Mill
Chapter 9 - Absolute Neighborhood Retracts and Shape Theory, Pages 241-269, Sibe Mardešić
Chapter 10 - Fixed Point Theory, Pages 271-299, Robert F. Brown
Chapter 11 - Geometric Aspects in the Development of Knot Theory, Pages 301-357, Moritz Epple
Chapter 12 - Topology and Physics—a Historical Essay, Pages 359-415, Charles Nash
Chapter 13 - Singularities, Pages 417-434, Alan H. Durfee
Chapter 14 - One Hundred Years of Manifold Topology, Pages 435-447, S.K. Donaldson
Chapter 15 - 3-Dimensional Topology up to 1960, Pages 449-489, C.McA. Gordon
Chapter 16 - A Short History of Triangulation and Related Matters: N.H. Kuiper (1920–1994), Pages 491-502
Chapter 17 - Graph Theory, Pages 503-529, Robin J. Wilson
Chapter 18 - The Early Development of Algebraic Topology: Solomon Lefschetz (1884–1972), Pages 531-559
Chapter 19 - From Combinatorial Topology to Algebraic Topology, Pages 561-573, I.M. James
Chapter 20 - π3(S2), H. Hopf, W.K. Clifford, F. Klein, Pages 575-578, H. Samelson
Chapter 21 - A History of Cohomology Theory, Pages 579-603, William S. Massey
Chapter 22 - Fibre Bundles, Fibre Maps, Pages 605-629, M. Zisman
Chapter 23 - A History of Spectral Sequences: Origins to 1953, Pages 631-663, John McCleary
Chapter 24 - Stable Algebratic Topology, 1945–1966, Pages 665-723, J.P. May
Chapter 25 - A History of Duality in Algebraic Topology, Pages 725-745, James C. Becker, Daniel Henry Gottlieb
Chapter 26 - A Short History of H-Spaces, Pages 747-755, J.R. Hubbuck
Chapter 27 - A History of Rational Homotopy Theory, Pages 757-796, Kathryn Hess
Chapter 28 - History of Homological Algebra, Pages 797-836, Charles A. Weibel
Chapter 29 - Topologists at Conferences, Pages 837-848, I.M. James
Chapter 30 - Topologists in Hitler's Germany, Pages 849-861, S.L. Segal
Chapter 31 - The Japanese School of Topology, Pages 863-882, Mamoru Mimura
Chapter 32 - Some Topologists, Pages 883-908, I.M. James
Chapter 33 - Johann Benedikt Listing, Pages 909-924, E. Breitenberger
Chapter 34 - Poul Heegaard, Pages 925-946, Ellen S. Munkholm, Hans J. Munkholm
Chapter 35 - Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer: 27.2.1881 Overschie–2.12.1966 Blaricum, Pages 947-964, Dirk van Dalen
Chapter 36 - Max Dehn, Pages 965-978, John Stillwell
Chapter 37 - Jakob Nielsen and His Contributions to Topology, Pages 979-989, Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen
Chapter 38 - Heinz Hopf, Pages 991-1008, Günther Frei, Urs Stammbach
Chapter 39 - Hans Freudenthal: 17 September 1905–13 October 1990, Pages 1009-1019, W.T. van Est
Chapter 40 - Herbert Seifert: May 27, 1907–October 1, 1996, Pages 1021-1027, Dieter Puppe
Appendix - Some Dates, Pages 1029-1031
Index, Pages 1033-1056