When1: 1970
Who: John Horton Conway [Conway, John Horton]
What: mathematician
Where: USA
Detail: He lived 1937 to ? and invented an axiomatic number system, constructing counting numbers, and so all numbers, using rules for right and left. He invented Game of Life [1970], based on cellular automata.
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