... 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… — John Horton Conway Copy Share Image
The Nazis victimized some people for what they did, some for what they refused to do, some for what they were, and some for… — John Horton Conway Copy Share Image
... You get surreal numbers by playing games. I used to feel guilty in Cambridge that I spent all day playing games, while I… — John Horton Conway Copy Share Image
If experimenters have free will, then so do elementary particles. — John Horton Conway Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
