John McCarthy - Humanity and Science

Humanity and Science

  • John McCarthy (computer scientist) (1927–2011), American computer scientist
  • John McCarthy (linguist) (born 1953), American phonologist
  • John D. McCarthy (born 1926), American sociologist

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