Here is an introduction to the theory of quantum groups with emphasis on
the spectacular connections with knot theory and Drinfeld's recent
fundamental contributions. It presents the quantum groups attached to
SL2 as well as the basic concepts of the theory of Hopf algebras.
Coverage also focuses on Hopf algebras that produce solutions of the
Yang-Baxter equation and provides an account of Drinfeld's elegant
treatment of the monodromy of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations.