“Every top mathematician was in awe of his strength,” says Stephen Miller, a mathematician at Rutgers University. “People said he was the only mathematician who could do things with his own bare hands,” he continues. “Mathematically, he was the strongest there was.”
Clearly a genius, this man is known for coming in and doing things his way. Aside from that, he is also known for rapid computation. Throughout his life, John Conway has proved, refined, and tweaked theories that mathematicians still apply to this day.
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