
The life cellular automaton is run by placing a number of filled cells on a two-dimensional grid. Originally played (i.e., successive generations were produced) by hand with counters,īut implementation on a computer greatly increased the ease of exploring patterns. Scientific American column starting in October 1970. The game of life is the best-known two-dimensional cellular automaton, invented by John H. Conway and popularized in Martin Gardner's


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