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Friday Math Movie - Toys that make worlds

By Murray Bourne, 04 Dec 2009

Here's the guy that created SimCity and Spore.

Will Wright's talk (from the excellent TED series) gives an outline of how different disciplines (including math, of course!) are involved in game creation. He also talks about the power of toys for learning.

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