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Interesting: Co-inventor of Sprouts is John Conway, inventor of Conway's Game Of Life
by codeulike 13y ago
Interesting: Co-inventor of Sprouts is John Conway, inventor of Conway's Game Of Life
- VLM 13y agoAnother trivia point is he's the inventor of surreal numbers, which Knuth (yeah, that Knuth not some other Knuth) wrote an enjoyable little semi-fictional novel about in the 70s. I thought it was a fun book, its not intense like TAOCP. Conway's also the author of ONAG. On Numbers And Games. You'll probably run into that acronym in serious discussion about game theory, like computer game design or RPG system design. Its a pretty intense book. From memory its one of those "$50 for 100 pages" hardcovers. But, worth it.
- j_s 13y agohttp://www.amazon.com/On-Numbers-Games-John-Conway/dp/1568811276 http://www.amazon.com/On-Numbers-Games-John-Conway/dp/156881...