Mindstorms:_Children,_Computers,_and_Powerful_Ideas

<i>Mindstorms</i> (book)

Mindstorms (book)

1980 book by Seymour Papert

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas is a book by computer scientist Seymour Papert, in which he argues for the benefits of teaching computer literacy in primary and secondary education.[1] It was published by Basic Books in 1980, and republished in a new edition by Basic Books in 1993.

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The Lego Mindstorms programmable construction set system is named after the book.[2]

In 2017, thanks to Papert's family the book was made freely available online here.

Papert describes the Turtle as an "object-to-think-with" and discusses many code examples of Turtle Graphics.

References

  1. [1]
    "Mindstorms". BasicBooks.com. Basic Books.
  2. [2]
    Bumgardner, Jim (March 2007). "The Origins of Mindstorms". Wired.


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