# Conway's Game of Life

*Source* · `src-wikipedia-conways-game-of-life` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Encyclopedia / wiki |
| authors | Wikipedia contributors |
| venue | Wikipedia |
| date | 2026 |
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

Devised by John Horton Conway; first published in Martin Gardner's Scientific American column, October 1970; B3/S23 rule, simultaneous update, zero-player; Turing complete; R-pentomino 1,103 generations; Gosper glider gun (November 1970, period 30); first interactive program on a PDP-7; Golly with Hashlife and Lua or Python scripting.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Conway's Game of Life](../game/game-of-life.md)

## Citation

Wikipedia contributors (2026). *Conway's Game of Life*. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life

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