Top-ology

Abstract

I compare the anticipated properties of the top quark with what is known experimentally about the heaviest fermion. I review the scientific opportunities that will be presented in the near future by copious samples of top. These include refined tests of electroweak radiative corrections, studies of the nature of top itself, and exploration of electroweak symmetry breaking. I conclude by illustrating top's influence in the everyday world.Comment: 18 pages, uuencoded PostScript (Lecture given at LISHEP95, LAFEX International School of High Energy Physics, Workshop on Heavy Flavors $cbt$, Rio de Janeiro, February 1995