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Seymour Papert
MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seymour Aubrey Papert (/ˈpæpərt/; 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.[2][3][4] He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education.[5] He was co-inventor, with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon, of the Logo programming language.[2][6][7][8][9]
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Born | Seymour Aubrey Papert (1928-02-29)29 February 1928 |
Died | 31 July 2016(2016-07-31) (aged 88) Blue Hill, Maine, U.S. |
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Fields | Cognitive science Education Mathematics Computer science |
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Doctoral advisor | Frank Smithies |
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Website | papert |
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