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From: b31@nbi.csci.unt.edu (David Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata
Subject: Re: Life references (was Re: Boomerang Creators)
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Date: 12 Jul 90 06:43:10 GMT
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In article <|RS$1B^@rpi.edu> hiebeler@heretic.lanl.gov (David Hiebeler) writes:
>In article <9625@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> kassover@minerva.crd.ge.com (David Kassover) writes:
>
>> You may also wish to get a copy of Recursive Universe, by, I
>> think, William Poundstone, in which is discussed Conway's Life
>> and von Neumann's life work, in a form that does not depend on
>> particular computer hardware or software.
>
>The most relevant sources of information about Life are:
>
>Berlekamp, Conway, and Guy, "Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Vol. 2,
>(Academic Press, 1982).
>
>William Poundstone, "The Recursive Universe", (Contemporary Books, Inc. 1985).
>
>Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American:
>October 1970; February, March, April, 1971; January 1972.
>
>You might also be interested in back issues of the "Lifeline"
>newsletter.  The editor of the newsletter was Robert Wainwright.  I'm
>not sure how much the back issues go for these days, but you can write
>to him to find out.  (It would be polite to enclose a self-addressed
>stamped envelope too, for him to reply, since he doesn't make money
>off of this as far as I know):
>
> Lifeline: A Quarterly Newsletter for Enthusiasts of John Conway's
> Game of Life, 1971-1973
>issues may be obtained from:
>  Lifeline
>  12 Longvue Ave
>  New Rochelle, NY 10804
>
>-- 
>Dave Hiebeler                      | Internet: hiebeler@heretic.lanl.gov
>Complex Systems Group              | Bitnet: userF3JL@rpitsmts
>MS B213, Theoretical Division      | UUCP: crdgw1!automtrx!hiebeler
>Los Alamos National Laboratory  /  Los Alamos, NM 87545  USA

See also:
Wheels, Life and other Mathematical Amusements
Martin Gardner
W. H. Freeman & co.
1983

neat stuff...