August 9

Marvin Minsky

Marvin Minsky (born August 9, 1927) U.S. cognitive scientist specializing in artificial intelligence – The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind 2007

Read more about Minsky's research into
how machines could be smart here

Watch Marvin Minsky talk about artificial intelligence
 here


Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson (born August 9, 1914) Swedish-Finnish children’s book author (Moomintrolls series)

Read about Tove Jansson at the Moomin website here

Watch a documentary about Tove Jansson
 here


Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget (born August 9, 1896) Swiss philosopher and developmental psychologist – The Moral Judgment of the Child (1932)

Read about Jean Piaget at https://piaget.org/about-piaget/

Jean Piaget speaking in French
 here


Izaak Walton

Izaak Walton (born August 9, 1593) British writer – The Compleat Angler (1653)

Read the Authors Calendar biography of Walton here

Have a look at the first edition of Walton's The Compleat Angler
 here