John Horton Conway quotes

John Horton Conway quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“People think that mathematics is complicated. Mathematics is the simple bit, itâ€™s the stuff we CAN understand. Itâ€™s cats that are complicated.”
-- John Horton Conway

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“If experimenters have free will, then so do elementary particles.”
-- John Horton Conway

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“... You get surreal numbers by playing games. I used to feel guilty in Cambridge that I spent all day playing games, while I was supposed to be doing mathematics. Then, when I discovered surreal numbers, I realized that playing games IS math.”
-- John Horton Conway

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“The Nazis victimized some people for what they did, some for what they refused to do, some for what they were, and some for the fact that they were.”
-- John Horton Conway

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