Author

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Seymour Papert
MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator
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1928
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2016
country of citizenship:
South Africa, United States of America
educated at:
University of the Witwatersrand, University of Cambridge, University of Geneva
occupation:
mathematician, computer scientist, educator, university teacher, psychologist, artificial intelligence researcher
award received:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Marconi Prize
www.papert.org

Seymour Aubrey Papert (; February 29, 1928 – July 31, 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.
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3Perceptrons
book authored by Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert
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author:
Marvin Minsky, Seymour Papert
1969
Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas
boek van Seymour Papert
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author:
Seymour Papert
1980
Mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas
Book about educational robotics
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author:
Seymour Papert
1980 or 1993