John Conway has died

Stream: general

[Filip Szczepański]

https://twitter.com/CardColm/status/1249038195880341505

John Horton Conway has died. Sigh. One of the most unique mathematicians and human beings who ever lived. Five years ago he was game for this April Fool's prank https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/john-conway-reminiscences-about-dr-matrix-and-bourbaki/

- Card Colm Mulcahy (@CardColm)

[Bryan Gin-ge Chen]

Very sad news. The first math book I ever bought was Conway and Guy's "The Book of Numbers". This also reminds me that I should get back to reviewing #1540...