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English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904–1980)

Also known as: Грегори Бэйтсон, جريجوري بيتسون, 그레고리 베이트슨, グレゴリー・ベイトソン, 格雷戈里·贝特森, Бейтсон Г.

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