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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Herbert A. Simon
Born: June 15, 1916
Died: February 9, 2001 (aged 84)
Bio: Herbert Alexander Simon, a Nobel Prize laureate, was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, psychologist, and computer scientist whose research ranged across the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer science, public administration, economics, management, philosophy of science, sociology, and political science, unified by studies of decision-making.
Known for:
- The Sciences of the Artificial (1969)
- Models of My Life (1991)
- Reason in Human Affairs (1983)
- Models of Thought: Volume I (1979)
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