Changes

was a British mathematician and Professor Emeritus at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University Princeton University] <ref>[http://www.math.princeton.edu/directory/john-conway John Conway | Department of Mathematics]</ref>. His research interests was were about the theory of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_group finite groups], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory knot theory], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_theory number theory], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding_theory coding theory] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway John Horton Conway from Wikipedia]</ref> and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics quantum physics]. He is best known for the invention of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Game of Life] <ref>[[Martin Gardner]] ('''1970'''). ''[http://ddi.cs.uni-potsdam.de/HyFISCH/Produzieren/lis_projekt/proj_gamelife/ConwayScientificAmerican.htm Mathematical Games - The fantastic combinations of John Conway's new solitaire game "life"]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 223, pp. 120-123.</ref>, and for the co-development of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_game_theory combinatorial game theory] <ref>[[Richard J. Nowakowski]] ('''2009'''). ''The History of Combinatorial Game Theory''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhousie_University Dalhousie University], [http://www.eos.tuwien.ac.at/OR/Mehlmann/Andis/publ/Spielmod10/HistoryCGT.pdf pdf]</ref> along with a remarkable new way to construct numbers as introduced in his 1976 book ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Numbers_and_Games On Numbers and Games]''. His [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number surreal numbers] were subject of a mathematical novel by [[Donald Knuth]] <ref>[[Donald Knuth]] ('''1974'''). ''[http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/sn.html Surreal Numbers - How two ex-students turned on to pure mathematics and found total happiness]''. Addison-Wesley</ref>. On April 8, 2020, Conway developed symptoms of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019 COVID-19]. On April 11, he died in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey] at the age of 82 <ref>[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/English_mathematician_John_Horton_Conway_dies_after_contracting_COVID-19 English mathematician John Horton Conway dies after contracting COVID-19 - Wikinews, the free news source]</ref>.