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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]?.
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