Jerome Lettvin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jerome_Lettvin
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Chicago
gptkbp:birthDate 1920-02-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2011-04-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Haddonfield,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Warren_McCulloch
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:field cybernetics
neuroscience
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jerome Lettvin
gptkbp:knownFor research on vision
work on neural processing
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:What_the_Frog's_Eye_Tells_the_Frog's_Brain
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:neuroscientist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maggie_Lettvin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Walter_Pitts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3