Genius At Play, Roberts


Biography about the life and work of John Horton Conway.

I thought this was really good! I listened to the audiobook version and it was just maths-y enough to be understandable without actually having a paper copy in front of me (though I did refer to the accompanying PDF a few times).

It was a really nice mix between finding out about John Conway himself, looking at actual concepts like the surreal numbers and groups, and a higher-level commentary on mathematics in general.




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