This activity allows the user to simulate a game that imitates real life. This activity allows the user to imitate life through a computer simulation. The simulation screen represents the community in which your population can live. Each cell represents one person in that community.
Red cells depict new persons and they fade to blue as they get older.
Births and deaths are dictated by a series of rules which can be changed by the user. A mathematician from Cambridge University named John Horton Conway invented the game of life in 1970. He worked hard to find rules that would not lead to either rapid growth or rapid stability. He wanted to draw a line between chaos and order. To report a bug in or suggest an enhancement to this activity, use this form .