Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-dcd!hpfclp!paul From: paul@hpfclp.UUCP (paul) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: John Conway article Message-ID: <9800001@hpfclp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jul-84 11:21:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfclp.9800001 Posted: Mon Jul 30 11:21:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 02:51:17 EDT Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #N:hpfclp:9800001:000:407 Nf-From: hpfclp!paul Jul 30 07:21:00 1984 There is an excellent article in the August issue of DISCOVER about John Conway, the famous mathematician from Cambridge. It is more of a personal sketch about him than his mathematics, but it contains some interesting things about portions of his work. There are also a couple of good photographs. Enjoy! Paul Beiser Hewlett-Packard Ft. Collins, Colorado ...{ihnp4,hplabs}!hpfcla!paul