Seymour Papert
1928
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2016
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: South Africa, United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of the Witwatersrand, St John's College, University of Geneva, University of Cambridge
occupation: mathematician, computer scientist, educator, university teacher, psychologist, artificial intelligence researcher
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Marconi Prize
official website: www.papert.org
Seymour Aubrey Papert (; 29 February 1928 – 31 July 2016) was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at MIT. He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education. He was co-inventor, with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon, of the Logo programming language. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works 5
Mindstorms
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Mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas
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Perceptrons
The children's machine : rethinking school in the age of the computer
The connected family
Articles 2
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Authors influenced by Seymour Papert 1
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