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# John Conway

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John H. Conway (1937 - ) is a mathematician most widely known for the creation of the game of life. He is also one of the inventors of the Sprouts game.

The author of more than 10 books and more than 130 journal article?s on a variety of mathematical? subjects, Conway is a pre-eminent theoretician in the fields of [finite group]?s and [knot theory]?. He has also done ground-breaking work in number theory, game theory, [coding theory]?, tiling?, and the creation of new number systems. His system of "surreal numbers" is the subject of a popular book by [computer scientist]? Donald Knuth.

Conway is currently the Von Neumann Professor of Mathematics at [Princeton University]?. He was educated at Cambridge University and served as a professor of mathematics there before joining Princeton in 1986. He is a fellow of the [Royal Society]?, a recipient of the [Polya Prize]? of the [London Mathematical Society]?, and the recipient of the 1998 [Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics]?.

References:

- [1] John Conway biography.
- [2] Mark Alpert, "Not Just Fun and Games," Scientific American April 1999.

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