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John Horton Conway

British mathematician who invented the Game of Life.

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Born 1937
Died 2020

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  • Cover of: Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Volume 2

    First published in 1986 — 9 editions
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    First published in 1985 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups

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  • Cover of: The sensual (quadratic) form

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  • Cover of: Atlas of Finite Groups: Maximal Subgroups and Ordinary Characters for Simple Groups

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  • Cover of: Combinatorial Games

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Winning ways for your mathematical plays: Volume 1: Games in General

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    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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Born 1937
Died 2020

Subjects

Mathematical recreations, Mathematics, Jeux mathématiques, Number theory, GAMES, Game Theory, Reference, Science/Mathematics, Travel Games, Algebra, Behavior therapy, Combinatorial analysis, Educational psychology, Finite groups, Game theory, General, Recreatieve wiskunde, Recreations & Games, 519.3, Algebra - Linear, Algebraic geometry, Algebraische Geometrie, Cayley numbers, Cayley numbers (Algebra), Cayley-Zahlen

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  • John H. Conway

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March 29, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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June 30, 2021 Edited by Stew Add photo.
June 30, 2021 Edited by Stew Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import