A brief collection of Twitter tributes to the irreplaceable mathematician John Horton Conway, who passed away yesterday.
https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/1249102738828316672">https://twitter.com/wtgowers/...
https://twitter.com/JSEllenberg/status/1249062835793125380">https://twitter.com/JSEllenbe...
https://twitter.com/CardColm/status/1249038195880341505">https://twitter.com/CardColm/...
https://twitter.com/numberphile/status/1249071255011065856">https://twitter.com/numberphi...
https://twitter.com/AdiShavit/status/1249055920111452163">https://twitter.com/AdiShavit...
https://twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1249105201992171522">https://twitter.com/standupma...
https://twitter.com/JimPropp/status/1249188819427090432">https://twitter.com/JimPropp/...
You should also read @sioroberts& #39; biography "Genius at Play" for a beautiful portrait of the man. https://amzn.to/3ebK8pD ">https://amzn.to/3ebK8pD&q...
Another lovely tribute pointed out by @SheckyR: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1249196190740164608">https://twitter.com/EricRWein...
And recollections from historian @MBarany: https://twitter.com/MBarany/status/1249340563108900864">https://twitter.com/MBarany/s...
See also Scott Aaronson& #39;s post, with recollections from @GilKalai and others in the comments:
https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=4732 ">https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/...
Also, this important thread by @WanderingPoint: https://twitter.com/WanderingPoint/status/1249386686590660608">https://twitter.com/Wandering...
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