A 2002 book of Markl, Shnider and Stasheff
Operads in algebra, topology, and physics was the first book to provide a systematic treatment of
operad theory, an area of mathematics that came to prominence in 1990s and found many applications in
algebraic topology,
category theory, graph cohomology,
representation theory,
algebraic geometry,
combinatorics,
knot theory,
moduli spaces, and other areas. The book was the subject of a
Featured Review in
Mathematical Reviews by
Alexander A. Voronov which stated, in particular: "The first book whose main goal is the theory of operads per se ... a book such as this one has been long awaited by a wide scientific readership, including mathematicians and theoretical physicists ... a great piece of mathematical literature and will be helpful to anyone who needs to use operads, from graduate students to mature mathematicians and physicists." ==Bibliography==