A Tribute

[stoutfellow]

I think I'm going to dig out my copy of _Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays_, the two-volume opus on combinatorial game theory that Conway wrote along with Richard Guy and Elwyn Berlekamp, and try to finally finish it. Volume One begins so breezily, and the concepts are so simple, that I float along with it until, about halfway through the volume, I realize I have no idea what they're talking about.

This time, it's for real. I'll *study* the damn thing if I have to.

Comments

[graydon]

Oh, that made me laugh. That is exactly what happened when I tried to read an instance of Conway's writing about the game of life.