Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by John Horton Conway

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English mathematician John Horton Conway.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

John Horton Conway was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life.

English - Mathematician | Born: December 26, 1937

Source: Wikipedia

People think that mathematics is complicated. Mathematics is the simple bit, it’s the stuff we CAN understand. It’s cats that are complicated.

John Horton Conway

... You get surreal numbers by playing games. I used to feel guilty in Cambridge that I spent all day playing games, while I was supposed to be doing mathematics. Then, when I discovered surreal numbers, I realized that playing games IS math.

John Horton Conway

The Nazis victimized some people for what they did, some for what they refused to do, some for what they were, and some for the fact that they were.

John Horton Conway

If experimenters have free will, then so do elementary particles.

John Horton Conway