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  1. John Conway, The Sensual (Quadratic) Form, Carus Mathematical Monographs 26, MAA, 1997.

  2. Peter Renz to Colm Mulcahy, April 16, 2020. Quoted with permission.

  3. Peter Renz continued, here paraphrasing 2 Corinthians 3:6.

  4. Martin Gardner, Mathematical Games: extraordinary nonperiodic tiling that enriches the theory of tiles, Scientific American 236:1 (January 1977), 110–121.

  5. See https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/science/math-conway-game-of-life.html.

  6. See https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Main_Page.

  7. See the Conway Life Exploratorium at https://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=113168#p113168.

  8. See https://www.ias.edu/pcmi.

  9. Doris Schattschneider, John Conway, Tilings, and Me, Mathematical Intelligencer 43:2 (2021).

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Senechal, M. John Conway and Mathematical Communities. Math Intelligencer 43, 73–75 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-021-10067-9

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