| Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas | |
| Author: | Seymour Papert |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Computer literacy |
| Published: | 1980 (Harvester Press) |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 238 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-85527-163-3 |
| Oclc: | 83827854 |
| Series: | Harvester Studies in Cognitive Science |
| Release Number: | 14 |
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.
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.