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From: ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac)
Subject: Re: LOGO for the Mac ?
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 91 14:11:48 GMT

In article <40930@cup.portal.com> gort@cup.portal.com (george d harrington) writes:
>Actually, LOGO was invented by Seymour Papert at MIT. I believe he was
>influenced by the ideas of Piaget. Papert also invented the LEGO construction
>blocks.

No, he didn't.  He did, however, receive an endowment from the
manufacturer of Lego blocks. There was extensive coverage in the
papers here when the "Lego chair" was endowed. Someone even built
Papert a chair out of Legos for the occasion.
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