ay conway' game of life is cellular automata simulation that follows simple rules to create interesting patterns it was invented by mathematician john conway in and popularized by martin gardner' "mathematical gamescolumn in scientific american todayit' favorite among programmers and computer scientiststhough it' more an interesting visualization than true "game the twodimensional board has grid of "cells,each of which follows three simple rulesliving cells with two or three neighbors stay alive in the next step of the simulation dead cells with exactly three neighbors become alive in the next step of the simulation any other cell dies or stays dead in the next step of the simulation