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{{stub}}'''''Conway's Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction''''' is a textbook about Life by [[Nathaniel Johnston]] and [[Dave Greene]]. In development since April 2016, it was released for beta readers on September 23, 2021.
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'''''Conway's Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction''''' is a textbook about Life by [[Nathaniel Johnston]] and [[Dave Greene]]. In development since April 2016, it was released for beta readers on September 23, 2021 and officially launched on March 11, 2022.


==Chapters==
==Chapters==
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#[[Spaceship]]s and Moving Objects
#[[Spaceship]]s and Moving Objects
#[[Glider synthesis|Glider Synthesis]]
#[[Glider synthesis|Glider Synthesis]]
#[[Periodic]] Circuitry
#[[Periodic circuit|Periodic Circuitry]]
#[[Stable]] Circuitry
#[[Stable circuit|Stable Circuitry]]
#[[Gun]]s and Glider [[Stream]]s
#[[Gun]]s and [[Glider stream|Glider Stream]]s
#[[Universal computer|Universal Computation]]
#[[Universal computer|Universal Computation]]
#[[Self-supporting|Self-Supporting]] Spaceships
#[[Self-supporting|Self-Supporting]] Spaceships
#[[Universal constructor|Universal Construction]]
#[[Universal constructor|Universal Construction]]
#The [[0E0P metacell|0E0P Metacell]]
#The [[0E0P metacell|0E0P Metacell]]
==See also==
* [[Conway's Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction/Errata|Errata and Anachronisms]] in the book
* [[LifeWiki:Bookshelf]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://conwaylife.com/book/ PDF and relevant RLE files]
* [https://conwaylife.com/book/ PDF and relevant RLE files]
*[https://github.com/nathanieljohnston/game-of-life-book Github repository]
* [https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/dave-greene-and-nathaniel-johnston/conways-game-of-life/hardcover/product-ev72jn.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Hardcover] from Lulu.com
{{LinkForumThread|f=7|t=5418|title=Beta Reader Thread for Game of Life Textbook}}
* [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/777855805/conways-game-of-life-textbook-launch Kickstarter] for special-edition copies
* [https://github.com/nathanieljohnston/game-of-life-book GitHub repository]
* {{LinkForumThread|f=7|t=5418|title=Beta Reader Thread for Game of Life Textbook}}
* {{LinkForumThread|f=7|t=5591|title=Conway's Game of Life Textbook Launch}}


[[Category:Everything else]]
[[Category:Everything else]]
[[Category:Books and articles]]
[[Category:Books and articles]]
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Latest revision as of 15:09, 18 July 2025

Conway's Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction
Conway's Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction image
Type Book
Author(s) Nathaniel Johnston and Dave Greene
ISBN 978-1794816961
Link here

Conway's Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction is a textbook about Life by Nathaniel Johnston and Dave Greene. In development since April 2016, it was released for beta readers on September 23, 2021 and officially launched on March 11, 2022.

Chapters

  1. Early Life
  2. Still Lifes
  3. Oscillators
  4. Spaceships and Moving Objects
  5. Glider Synthesis
  6. Periodic Circuitry
  7. Stable Circuitry
  8. Guns and Glider Streams
  9. Universal Computation
  10. Self-Supporting Spaceships
  11. Universal Construction
  12. The 0E0P Metacell

See also

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