Bay Area Artists and Mathematicians – BAAM! with Gathering 4 Gardner – G4G present
Remembering John Conway

Mathematician John Horton Conway died of COVID-19 on April 11, 2020. On April 25th, the Bay Area Artists and Mathematicians (BAAM!) hosted an informal Zoom session to share memories of Conway. Though a private, local event, word quickly spread, and participants included Donald Knuth, Roger Penrose, Conway’s biographer Siobhan Roberts, his wife Diana Conway, Scott Kim, Rudy Rucker, Doris Schattschneider, Marjorie Senechal, and many others.

The session was saved for posterity, and edited by Video Free America under the direction of Gathering 4 Gardner chair Nancy Blachman. G4G now gladly shares this unique event with the world.

Speakers
Stacy Speyer 2:42
Bob Hearn 4:01
Scott Vorthmann 6:00
Siobhan Roberts 6:46
Pete Winkler 10:25
Vickie Kearn 12:01
Paul Hildebrandt 17:20
Marjorie Senechal 20:55
Chamberlain Fong 26:58
Amina Buhler-Allen 31:18
Roger Penrose 35:44
Doris Schattschneider 40:49
Derek Smith 44:11
Tim Hsu 49:30
Aaron Siegel 53:51
Scott Kim 58:00
Tom Rokicki 1:01:03
Rudy Rucker 1:05:32
Karl Schaffer 1:12:35
Chaim Goodman-Strauss 1:16:38
Colm Mulcahy 1:19:21
Matt Baker 1:25:30
Chris Palmer 1:31:03
Simon Kochen 1:34:21
Don Knuth 1:43:46
Dick Esterle 2:14:04
Cindy Lawrence 2:20:18
Mark Mitton 2:27:12
Francis Fung 2:35:15
Joe Kohn 2:40:54
Wei-Hwa Huang 2:44:22
Barry Cipra 2:49:07
George Hart 2:53:50
Jane Gilman 2:59:39
Glen Whitney 3:03:33
Mike Stranahan 3:05:05
Tanya Khovanova 3:09:05
Colin Wright 3:10:16
Glen Smith 3:12:10
David Singmaster 3:14:00
Rosie Conway 3:16:05
Diane Conway 3:19:29
Paul Hildebrandt 3:20:29
Rebecca Mercuri 3:21:35
Lucas Garron 3:25:36
Danny Sleator 3:26:40
Neil Calkin 3:28:29
Frank Farris 3:29:43

Executive Director Bob Hearn
Producer Nancy Blachman
Moderators Bob Hearn, Scott Vorthmann
Zoom Host Frank Farris Santa Clara University
BAAM! Organizers 2019-2020 Stacy Speyer Scott, Vorthmann, Frank Farris

Bay Area Artists and Mathematicians (BAAM!)
At BAAM! meetings people come to share their art and math projects. It’s an informal mini version of Bridges and Gathering 4 Gardner.

Gathering 4 Gardner
The Gathering 4 Gardner Foundation stimulates curiosity and the playful exchange of ideas and critical thinking in recreational math, magic, science, literature, and puzzles to preserve the legacy of writer and polymath Martin Gardner.