NOVA · SEASON 10
Talking Turtle
Episode 11 · 1983-10-25
- Documentary
Episode overview
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.
55 minutes
Season 10 episodes
1. Hawaii: Crucible of Life1983-01-18
2. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out1983-01-25
3. Lassa Fever1983-02-08
4. The Miracle of Life1983-02-15
5. Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy1983-03-01
6. City of Coral1983-03-08
7. Fat Chance in a Thin World1983-03-22
8. Sixty Minutes to Meltdown1983-03-29
9. Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales1983-10-11
10. The Artificial Heart1983-10-18
11. Talking Turtle1983-10-25
12. Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial1983-11-01
13. To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross1983-11-08
14. A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds1983-11-15
15. A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery1983-11-22
16. Captives of Care1983-11-29
17. Twenty-Five Years in Space1983-12-06
18. Nuclear Strategy for Beginners1983-12-13
19. The Climate Crisis1983-12-20
20. Eyes Over China1983-12-27
21. Alcoholism: Life Under The Influence1984-01-10
