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Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert

Mit mathematician, computer scientist, and educator

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Is a
Person
Person
Academic
Academic
Citizenship
South Africa
South Africa
United States
United States
Birthdate
February 29, 1928
Date of Death
July 31, 2016
Doctoral Advisor
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Doctoral Students
Terry Winograd
Terry Winograd
Gerald Jay Sussman
Gerald Jay Sussman
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Benjamin Kuipers
Carl Hewitt
Carl Hewitt
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David Perkins (geneticist)
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Barbara M. White
Paul Wang
Paul Wang
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Mitchel Resnick
Mitchel Resnick
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Joel Moses
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Gary Drescher
Educated at
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
University of Geneva
University of Geneva
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Founder of
One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child
Nationality
South Africa
South Africa
Notable Work
One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child
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Mindstorms (book)
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Perceptrons (book)
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Lego Mindstorms
Logo (programming language)
Logo (programming language)
Occupation
Scientist
Scientist
Psychologist
Psychologist
Computer scientist
Computer scientist
Mathematician
Mathematician
Birthplace
Pretoria
Pretoria
Place of Death
Blue Hill, Maine
Blue Hill, Maine
Official Website
papert.org
Wikidata ID
Q335027

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