On Numbers and Games

On Numbers and Games is a mathematics book by John Horton Conway first published in 1976. The book is written by a preeminent mathematician, and is directed at other mathematicians. The material is, however, developed in a playful and unpretentious manner and many chapters are accessible to non-mathematicians. Martin Gardner discussed the book at length, particularly Conway's construction of Surreal numbers, in his Mathematical Games column in Scientific American in September 1976.

On Numbers and Games

On Numbers and Games is a mathematics book by John Horton Conway first published in 1976. The book is written by a preeminent mathematician, and is directed at other mathematicians. The material is, however, developed in a playful and unpretentious manner and many chapters are accessible to non-mathematicians. Martin Gardner discussed the book at length, particularly Conway's construction of Surreal numbers, in his Mathematical Games column in Scientific American in September 1976.