Título: Herbert A. Simon
Seção: Early life and education
Background: Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 - February 9, 2001) was an American economist and political scientist whose primary interest was decision-making within organizations and is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing". He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978 and the Turing Award in 1975. His research was noted for its interdisciplinary nature and spanned across the fields of cognitive science, computer science, public administration, management, and political science. He was at Carnegie Mellon University for most of his career, from 1949 to 2001.

Conteúdo: Herbert Alexander Simon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 15, 1916. His father, Arthur Simon (1881-1948), was an electrical engineer who had come to the United States from Germany in 1903 after earning his engineering degree from the Technische Hochschule of Darmstadt. An inventor who was granted "several dozen patents", his father also was an independent patent attorney. His mother, Edna Marguerite Merkel, was an accomplished pianist whose ancestors had come from Prague and Cologne. His European ancestors had been piano makers, goldsmiths, and vintners. Simon's father was Jewish and his mother came from a family with Jewish, Lutheran, and Catholic backgrounds. Simon called himself an atheist.  Simon was educated in the Milwaukee public school system, where he developed an interest in science. He found schoolwork to be interesting and easy. Unlike many children, Simon was exposed to the idea that human behavior could be studied scientifically at a relatively young age due to the influence of his mother's younger brother, Harold Merkel, who had studied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under John R. Commons. Through his uncle's books on economics and psychology, Simon discovered the social sciences. Among his earliest influences, Simon has cited Richard Ely's economics textbook, Norman Angell's The Great Illusion, and Henry George's Progress and Poverty. At that time, Simon argued "from conviction, rather than cussedness" in favor of George's controversi

user: Where was Simon born?

assistant: in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

user: What do we know about his parents?

assistant: His father, Arthur Simon (1881-1948), was an electrical engineer who had come to the United States from Germany in 1903

user: What do we know about his mother?

assistant: His mother, Edna Marguerite Merkel, was an accomplished pianist whose ancestors had come from Prague and Cologne.

user: Where did Simon get his interest in computers?

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user: Did he have any siblings?

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user: Where did he attend school?

assistant: Simon was educated in the Milwaukee public school system, where he developed an interest in science.

user: Where did he attend college?

assistant: University of Chicago,

user: Did he graduate with any honors?

assistant: Simon received both his B.A. (1936) and his Ph.D. (1943) in political science,

user: What did he do after graduation?

assistant: Simon was invited to be a research assistant for Clarence Ridley, with whom he coauthored Measuring Municipal Activities in 1938.