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SOMA News 7 April 2021
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In memory of John Horton Conway.

  In memory of John Horton Conway.
Today 2021.04.07, I became aware of the sad realities of the world pandemic that still roam in all countries of our our planet.
John Horton Conway born dec 26. 1937, passed away 2020-04-11 (almost 1 year ago) at the age of 82, he died of complications from COVID-19.

     
Let us remember John for his work on our SOMA Puzzles, his fantastic creation of the Automata LIFE.
Not to mention his numerous contribution to the mathematical aspect of games and puzzles.
Particularly how the Soma cube was analyzed in detail by John Horton Conway in the September 1958 Mathematical Games column in Scientific American, and how the book Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays also contains his detailed analysis of the Soma cube problem.





In remembrance, the most noteworthy references are:
Newsletter: 1999.02.01 Winning Ways for your mathematical plays.
Newsletter: 2003.05.18 The complete "SOMAP" is created by John Horton Conway and M.J.T.Guy to connect all 240 solutions of the SOMA cube.
Newsletter: 2019.12.05 All SOMA solutions in the number and letter notation.


And remember his fantastic creation of the Automata LIFE.
gameofflife.com
Youtube: An Introduction to Conway's The Game of Life
Youtube: Inventing Game of Life (John Conway) - Numberphile
Youtube: LOVE/HATE Relationship with LIFE | John Horton Conway | Talks at Google
Youtube: John Conway - The Game of Life and Set Theory
Youtube: Does John Conway hate his Game of Life?
Not to mention his numerous contribution to the mathematical aspect of games and puzzles.
Youtube: The Legendary John Conway (1937-2020) - Numberphile Podcast
Youtube: Look-and-Say Numbers (feat John Conway) - Numberphile
Youtube: John Conway: Surreal Numbers - How playing games led to more numbers than anybody ever thought of
Youtube: Life, Death and the Monster (John Conway) - Numberphile
Youtube: The Monster Group - John Conway
Youtube: Monster Group (John Conway) - Numberphile
Youtube: John Conway Distinguished Lecture - The Symmetries of Things
Additional references.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway John Horton Conway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_cube. The Soma cube was analyzed in detail by John Horton Conway.

Youtube: The Brain of John Conway (and his Amazing Tongue) - Numberphile
Youtube: John Conway on Games and Puzzles

Youtube: John Conway about the discovery that made him famous

Youtube: The Free Will Theorem (Lecture 1) - John Conway
Youtube: John Conway 1/6 [The Free Will Lectures] - Free Will and Determinism [2009]
Youtube: Philosophical Consequences of the Free Will Theorem (Lecture 6) - John Conway



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