Tập
NOVA: Episode 11
Tóm tắt
NOVA looks at computers in the classroom through the eyes of MIT's Seymour Papert, father of the Turtle—a computerized robot that crawls on the floor and talks in versatile language even five-year-olds can learn.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- NOVA
- Mùa
- Mùa 10
- Tập
- Tập 11
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1983-10-25
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 11 là tập 11 trong Season 10 của NOVA. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1983-10-25. Thời lượng là 55 min.
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