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The '''Game of Life''', also known simply as '''Life''', is a [[cellular automaton]] devised by the British mathematician [[John Horton Conway]] in 1970.

== Description ==

The "game" is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. 

One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves or, for advanced players, by creating patterns with particular properties.

== People influenced by Conway's Game of Life ==

* [[Guido van Rossum]]

== See also ==

* [[Artificial life]]
* [[Automaton]]
* [[Brian's Brain]]
* [[Cellular automaton]]
* [[Combinatorial game theory]]
* [[Game]]
* [[Game theory]]
* [[Glider (Conway's Life)]]
* [[Guido van Rossum]]
* [[Langton's ant]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Poietic Generator]]
* [[Rule 110]]

== External Links ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Conway's Game of Life]  @ Wikipedia
* [https://cse.sc.edu/~bays/d4d4d4/ The Game of Three Dimensional Life] @ cse.sc.edu
* [http://gameoflife.samuellevy.com/ Conway's Game Of Life... Now in 3D!] by Samuel Levy
** Via [http://boingboing.net/2016/08/04/game-of-life-in-3d.html Game of Life in 3D] @ Boing Boing

=== Examples ===

* [http://bl.ocks.org/NPashaP/f1e73faef87bee899b47 D3.js JavaScript library] - [[D3.js]] is a [[JavaScript library]] for [[data visualization]] 




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