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Lev Vygotsky

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Lev Vygotsky

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Also known as Lev Semyonovich Vigotsky

Soviet psychologist (1896-1934)

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Lev Vygotsky was an author who lived from 1896-11-17 until 1934-06-10 or 1934-07-11. His written works include *Vygotsky Obras Escogidas TOMO 2*, *Vygotsky Obras Escogidas*, *Thought and language*, *Pensamiento Y Lenguaje*, and *Psicologia Del Arte / Psychology of Art (Paidos Basica)*. Open Library lists six works associated with him, while Crossref records five.

The subject is referenced by 453 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him on Wikiquote states, "Through others, we become ourselves." Last.fm data indicates he has seven listeners and nine playcounts.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Vygotsky Obras Escogidas TOMO 2
  • Vygotsky Obras Escogidas
  • Thought and language
  • Pensamiento Y Lenguaje
  • Psicologia Del Arte / Psychology of Art (Paidos Basica)

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
9

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Thought and language.

    · 1962 · cited 6,789x

  2. Single Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

    · 1997 · cited 6,229x

  3. A ceRNA Hypothesis: The Rosetta Stone of a Hidden RNA Language?

    · 2011 · cited 6,037x

  4. Theory of Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped gases

    · 1999 · cited 4,925x

  5. Metabolic regulation of gene expression by histone lactylation

    · 2019 · cited 3,859x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

  • Through others, we become ourselves.
  • As in the focus of a magnifying glass, play contains all developmental tendencies in a condensed form and is itself a major source of development.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

~22 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Семёнович Выготский, IPA: [vɨˈɡotskʲɪj]; Belarusian: Леў Сямёнавіч Выгоцкі; November 17 [O.S. November 5] 1896 – June 11, 1934) was a Russian and Soviet psychologist, best known for his work on psychological development in children and creating the framework known as cultural-historical activity theory. After his early death, his books and research were banned in the Soviet Union until Joseph Stalin's death in 1953, with a first collection of major texts published in 1956. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Vygotsky as the 83rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

His major ideas include:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lev Vygotsky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.