Erno Rubik
Erno Rubik
Ernő Rubikis a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Magic, Rubik's Magic: Master Edition, and Rubik's Snake...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth13 July 1944
CityBudapest, Hungary
closely develop government mass remain shall version worked
And, not only in Budapest. I worked very closely with a very powerful government organization, which shall remain unidentified, to develop the mass marketed version of the Cube.
depends everyday happiness life mixed near problems puzzles solve solving
The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life, our whole life is solving puzzles. If you are hungry, you have to find something to eat. But everyday problems are very mixed - they're not clear. The Cube's problem depends just on you. You can solve it independently. But to find happiness in life, you're not independent. That's the only big difference.
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For me, the number three seems to have a particular significance, relevant in some strange ways to the relation between man and nature.
man number particular relation relevant seems strange three ways
The number three seems to have a particular significance, relevant in some strange ways to the relation between man and nature.
Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's.
This was such an extraordinary situation that I simply could not accept it.
I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something.
But for me, it was a code I myself had invented! Yet I could not read it.
capitalist government
But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.
satisfying
It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade.
We turn the Cube and it twists us.
teaching talking creating
In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.
cubes plans
I did not plan to make the Cube.
bohemian classmates
I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.