This is another in a regular series about people, places, and other historical facts and their connections to the San Diego area. Forget ordinary board games like Clue, and Chutes and Ladders, it’s ...
John Conway’s Game of Life, a famous cellular automaton, has been found to have periodic patterns of every possible length. In 1969, the British mathematician John Conway devised a beguilingly simple ...
He developed an estimated 200 toys and other items, including a phaser rifle for “Star Trek.” But his best-known product was a game for “literally everyone on earth.” By Katharine Q. Seelye Reuben ...