History
A book that serves as a sequel to Conway's Game of Life - Mathematics and Construction by Nathaniel Johnston and Dave Greene has been thought of since October 2023 at the earliest; the first mention of a potential OCA book was made on October 12th, 2023 by ConwayLife forums user H. H. P. M. P. Cole. Two attempts to realize the book were made later that year without success. In March 2026, development on the book began once more and is expected to be completed later the same year.
Download the book
The book will be available for download at https://genevei.github.io/ocabook/book.pdf. The two volumes of the book will be released once the second and final volume is finalised.
As of October 22nd, 2026, a preliminary draft of the structure of the book can be found at main2.pdf
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Dave Greene and Nathaniel Johnston for inspiring both the development of this book and the format of this page. The original book can be found at https://conwaylife.com/book/, which this page is roughly based on.
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