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Try This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics first. It has some classic references, e.g. Atyiah's Atiyah's book:

The Geometry and Physics of Knots, by Michael Atiyah, Cambridge U. Press, 1990.

(update: Atyiah Atiyah has many books and to my knowledge any of them is worth a look)

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Try This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics first. It has some classic references, e.g. Atyiah's book:

The Geometry and Physics of Knots, by Michael Atiyah, Cambridge U. Press, 1990.

(update: Atyiah has many books and to my knowledge any of them is worth a look)

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