ProofWiki:Mathematicians/John Horton Conway

British-born mathematician noted for his work in group theory and recreational mathematics.

Inventor of The Game of Life.

Nationality

British

History

• Born: 26 Dec 1937, Liverpool, England

Theorems and Definitions

• The Game of Life
• Surreal Numbers

Books and Papers

• 1976: On Numbers And Games
• 1982: Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays (with Elwyn Berlekamp and Richard K. Guy)
• 1996: The Book of Numbers (with Richard K. Guy)
• 2001: On Numbers And Games (second edition)
• 2003: On Quaternions And Octonions (with Derek A. Smith)

Also see

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "John Horton Conway": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive