Genius at play: the curious mind of John Horton Conway (Record no. 62888)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691266404 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510.92 ROB |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Roberts, Siobhan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Genius at play: the curious mind of John Horton Conway |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Princeton: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv, 454p.: |
| Other physical details | ill.; pbk: |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes Appendices, Bibliography and Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | A mathematician unlike any other, John Horton Conway (1937–2020) possessed a rock star’s charisma, a polymath’s promiscuous curiosity, and a sly sense of humor. Conway found fame as a barefoot professor at Cambridge, where he discovered the Conway groups in mathematical symmetry and the aptly named surreal numbers. He also invented the cult classic Game of Life, a cellular automaton that demonstrates how simplicity generates complexity—and provides an analogy for mathematics and the entire universe. Moving to Princeton in 1987, Conway used ropes, dice, pennies, coat hangers, and the occasional Slinky to illustrate his winning imagination and share his nerdish delights. Genius at Play tells the story of this ambassador-at-large for the beauties and joys of mathematics, lays bare Conway’s personal and professional idiosyncrasies, and offers an intimate look into the mind of one of the twentieth century’s most endearing and original intellectuals.<br/><br/>https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691266404/genius-at-play?srsltid=AfmBOopRnAtyA919PjcJkiufE7E8IZED34-w_VkU6cwbEfK4jf83VQWd |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Biography |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics - America |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Polymath |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Game of Life |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Slinky |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 21/08/2025 | CBS Publishers | 2550.00 | 1 | 510.92 ROB | 036123 | 10/12/2025 | 03/09/2025 | 1 | 2550.00 | Books |
