自1970年马丁·加德纳(Martin Gardner)在“ Scientific American”中推出游戏以来,<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Mathematical Games: The fantastic combinations of John Conway's new solitaire game "Life"|first=Martin|last=Gardner|magazine=Scientific American|volume=223|date=October 1970|pages=120–123}}</ref>它产生了数百个计算机程序,网站和文章。<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Artificial_Life/Cellular_Automata/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life |title=DMOZ: Conway's Game of Life: Sites |access-date=11 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317103511/http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Artificial_Life/Cellular_Automata/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life/ |archive-date=17 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 它是趣味数学的主要内容。有大量的wiki专门用于管理和分类游戏的各个方面。
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自从马丁 · 加德纳(Martin Gardner)1970年在《科学美国人 Scientific American》杂志上介绍了这款游戏以来<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Mathematical Games: The fantastic combinations of John Conway's new solitaire game "Life"|first=Martin|last=Gardner|magazine=Scientific American|volume=223|date=October 1970|pages=120–123}}</ref>,它已经催生了数百个计算机程序、网站和文章。 <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Artificial_Life/Cellular_Automata/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life |title=DMOZ: Conway's Game of Life: Sites |access-date=11 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317103511/http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Artificial_Life/Cellular_Automata/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life/ |archive-date=17 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>这是趣味数学的主要内容。 有大量的维基致力于策划和编目游戏的各个方面。 <ref>[http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Main_Page LifeWiki]</ref>从最早期开始,它就一直是计算机实验室的最爱,不仅因为它的理论趣味,还因为它是编程和数据显示方面的实践练习。<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8kUJL04ELA Does John Conway hate his Game of Life?] (video)</ref> 康威有时说他讨厌'''生命的游戏''' ,很大程度上是因为它掩盖了他做过的其他一些更深刻、更重要的事情。 尽管如此,这个游戏确实帮助开创了数学的一个新分支——[[元胞自动机 Cellular Automata]]领域。<ref>MacTutor History: The game made Conway instantly famous, but it also opened up a whole new field of mathematical research, the field of cellular automata.</ref>
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<ref>[http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Main_Page LifeWiki]</ref>在理论上以及在编程和数据显示方面的实践活动一直是计算机实验室的最爱。<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8kUJL04ELA Does John Conway hate his Game of Life?] (video)</ref> 康威有时说他讨厌生命游戏,很大程度上是因为它掩盖了他所做的其他一些更深入,更重要的事情。不过,该游戏确实帮助启动了一个新的数学分支,即[[元胞自动机 Cellular Automata]]领域。<ref>MacTutor History: The game made Conway instantly famous, but it also opened up a whole new field of mathematical research, the field of cellular automata.</ref>