John Horton Conway was born on Dec. 26, 1937, in Liverpool, England, the third child and only son of Cyril and Agnes (Boyce) Conway. His father, an autodidact, had left school at age 14 and ...

One such student was Simon Norton, a child prodigy who had attended Eton ... Her new book is Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway, published in July by Bloomsbury.

John Horton Conway, a legendary mathematician who stood out for his love of games and for bringing mathematics to the masses, died on Saturday, April 11, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, from ...

Half a century ago, a brilliant young mathematician named John Horton Conway discovered, of all things ... Although Piccirillo lacked the polish of “gold-child mathematicians” who’ve been groomed ...

On Saturday April 11th, 2020 its inventor and namesake, John Horton Conway passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 82. Born in Liverpool, Conway received his PhD in mathematics in 1964 from ...

John Horton Conway, 82, died on April 11 in New Brunswick, according a release from the university. "John Conway was an amazing mathematician, game wizard, polymath and storyteller who left an ...

John Horton Conway was born on Dec. 26, 1937, in Liverpool, England, the third child and only son of Cyril and Agnes (Boyce) Conway. His father, an autodidact, had left school at age 14 and ...