Links to follow
Wikipedia article about Life (includes animated GIFs)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life
Beginner Life engine — get started playing Life on this web page
https://academo.org/demos/conways-game-of-life/
Expert Life engine (Golly) — build enormous patterns, explore preset patterns and alternate rules
https://sourceforge.net/projects/golly/
Epic movie (patterns found in Golly, set to dramatic music)
Donald Knuth talking about Surreal Numbers — one of John Conway’s other major mathematical creations.