Mathematician:Seymour Aubrey Papert

Mathematician

South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist and educator

One of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education.

Co-inventor, with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon, of the Logo programming language.

Nationality

South African-American

History

• Born: 29 February 1928 in Pretoria, South Africa
• Died: July 31, 2016 in Blue Hill, Maine, United States

Theorems and Definitions

• Papert's Principle

Results named for Seymour Aubrey Papert can be found here.

Publications

• 1988: Papert's Principle (with Marvin Minsky)