Introduction to General Topology by Joshi - amazon.com K. D. Joshi, Introduction to General Topology. A Halsted Press Book. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1983. xii+412 pp. ISBN: 0-470-27556-1. K D Joshi obtained his Ph D in Mathematics from Indiana University,USA in 1972 and has been teaching mathematics at IIT Bombay since 1975. He has been involved with the conduct of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) in various capacities for over two decades. He has many books to his credit one of which is Calculus for Scientists and Engineers published by Narosa Publishing House in 2002. Amazon.com: Introduction to General Topology (9780852264447): K.D. Joshi: Books 08522644452853116andgeneralintroductionjohnjoshik.dltdsonstopologywiley in Educational > Mathematics > Topology Bookswith bookbooksgeneralindianinstituteintroductionjoshimathematicalmathematicstechnologytopology Note: Really good book. Lots of explaining of motivation, wordy in a good way. His personal homepage is found here: http://www.math.iitb.ac.in/~kdjoshi/ Melbourne Uni Maths library has a copy.