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	GameLow.com: Puzzles>>Rubik's Cube
		Rubik's Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.
		Conception and development The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974 by Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture with an interest in geometry and the study of 3D forms.
		The Rubik's Cube is of interest to many mathematicians, partly because it is a tangible representation of a mathematical group.
	www.gamelow.com /puzzles/rubik.html (1864 words)

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		Erno Rubik was moving out of his father's house and renovating one for himself and his family.
		By this time Rubik was married to a former classmate from the Academy (''a quiet and stubborn girl,'' he called her; he turned down my request to see her) and living on the upper two floors of his father's house.
		Rubik's original method, aligning the corners first, was one standard approach; another technique was to align the top layer, then clear up the other sides one at a time.
	eeunix.ee.usm.maine.edu /~aaronl/rubik.txt (4783 words)

	Erno Rubik Biography (Inventor) — Infoplease.com
		Erno Rubik was teaching interior design and architecture in Budapest when he created what is now known as the Rubik's Cube, a three-dimensional puzzle that became a worldwide sensation in the early 1980s.
		Rubik studied architecture and design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in the late 1960s.
		Rubik became one of Hungary's richest entrepreneurs and went on to develop more games and puzzles, including Rubik's Revenge (a 4 x 4 x 4 cube) and Rubik's Snake.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/ernorubik.html (304 words)

	Ernő Rubik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ernő Rubik (born July 13, 1944) is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor and professor of architecture.
		Rubik's Snake, also known as Rubik's Twist (composed of 24 wedges that can be arranged to form different shapes)
		Rubik's Tangle (a series of jigsaw-type puzzles, with square pieces; the aim is to create a tangle of ropes that join end to end)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erno_Rubik (587 words)

	Rubik Cube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Erno Rubik had a passionate interest in geometry, in the study of 3D forms, in construction and in exploring the hidden possibilities of combination of forms and materials, not just in theory, but also in practice.
		In the course of his teaching, Erno Rubik preferred to communicate his ideas by the use of actual models, made from paper, cardboard, wood or plastic, challenging his students to experiment by manipulating clearly constructed and easily interpreted forms.
		It was the "Rubik" trademark, Erno Rubik's copyright in the object itself and the "passing off" laws which secured, and continues to these days to secure adequate protection of the Cube against unauthorized copies in all countries throughout the world.
	www.geocities.com /mathfair2002/games/rubik.htm (2811 words)

	Erno Rubik's Cube
		Erno Rubik was the inventor of the world famous Rubik's cube, also spelled rubix cube.
		Due to Sam Loyd's invention of the Puzzle of 15, Erno Rubik was able to conceptualize the idea behind a three dimensional variation of the sliding tile game using colored squares.
		Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary during World War II to a poet mother and aircraft engineer father.
	www.puzzleof15.com /erno_rubik.htm (637 words)

	Rubik's Cube Puzzle, History of Cube Puzzle, Greatest Cube Puzzle Game of the time
		Erno Rubik had a passionate interest in geometry, in the study of 3D forms, in construction and in exploring the hidden possibilities of combinations of forms and material in theory and in practice.
		Erno had applied for a Hungarian patent for the Magic Cube in 1975, the first test batches were not produced until late 1977.
		Rubik's eye was attracted by some pebbles, whose sharp edges have been rubbed and smoothed away in the course of time bringing into being rounded shapes of great but simple beauty.
	www.jumpingelectrons.com /Science/Rubiks-Cube.asp (1270 words)

	Rubik's Cube (Rubix cube, Rubick's cube) - history, solution and where to buy one
		Erno Rubik, a Hungarian obsessed with 3D geometry started visualising his 3D cube in late 1974.
		Apparently Erno gained inspiration from smooth pebbles on the shores of the Danube - this introduced the idea of cylindrical shapes and axes into the cube (take one apart to see this in action).
		Erno had copyright over the cube - it was created as a one-off object with artistic merit.
	www.eightyeightynine.com /games/rubiks-cube.html (838 words)

	NIKDAUM.COM - How to Solve a Rubik's Cube
		Rubik's Cube was introduced in the U.S. in 1980 and soon thereafter became a worldwide phenomenon.
		Erno Rubik experimented with different decorative patterns, numbers, symbols, and diverse color combinations before deciding on six simple but distinct colors.
		Although possibly the most original of all invented puzzles, Erno Rubik's Cube was not born in a vacuum.
	www.nikdaum.com /artnew/a79.htm (1209 words)

	Rubik's_cube - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Rubik's Cube or (informally) Rubix Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik.
		The Magic Cube was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture with an interest in geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms.
		Rubik's Cubes are used as a NASA testing method for Harry Stamper's team in the movie Armageddon.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Rubik's_cube (3204 words)

	X-Entertainment: 'Rubik, The Amazing Cube' Cartoon Review
		Rubik's Cube ultimately went way beyond a mere 'fad item,' becoming as much a part of Americana as greasy cheeseburgers and bumper stickers featuring clever variations on the Darwin fish.
		Within the context of the show, Rubik is only brought to life when his rows of color are matched up, and the big gimmick was that very few people in the cartoon knew how to solve the puzzle.
		Rubik's much easier, and I don't have to worry about making size appropriate nipples, which is always tough since anyone who draws nipples usually throws caution to the wind and makes them as large as possible.
	www.x-entertainment.com /articles/0798 (2117 words)

	Rubik's Cube - Facts and figures
		Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary during World War II.
		Rubik studied sculpture in college, but after graduating, he went back to learn architecture at a small college called the Academy of Applied Arts and Design.
		Rubik became the first self-made millionaire from the communist block.
	pages.intnet.mu /cueboy/education/maths/rubik2/history/facts.htm (455 words)

	Respect Rights Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Erno Rubik is a very private man. In fact, he hasn’t given a major interview in over seven years.
		And, in January of 1975 Rubik applied for a Hungarian patent for the “Magic Cube.” The patent was granted in 1977 and the first run of cubes arrived in Hungarian toy stores later that year.
		Rubik continues to profit generously from his invention and hopes that his game will endure the test of time with the likes of checkers, chess and Monopoly.
	www.respectrights.org /inventions_marketplace/rubiks.htm (1311 words)

	Rubik's Proto
		Erno Rubik "sold" is name as a brand name.
		Nevertheless Mr Erno Rubik is the godfather of all the 3D Twisty Type puzzles, every puzzle we see we identify as a Rubik puzzle.
		Erno Rubik often visits the Seventowns development office in Lambton Place, London and they have a few signed Rubik's Cubes, this is one of them.
	www.speedcubing.com /ton/rubik's.htm (260 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Rubik's Cube
		Rubik's Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik in 1974.
		A parallel between Rubik's Cube and particle physics was noted by mathematician Solomon W. Golomb, and then extended (and modified) by Anthony E. Durham.
		Putting markings on the Rubik's cube is a good way of increasing the challenge of solving the cube, not to mention enlarge the symmetry group.
	fusionanomaly.net /rubikscube.html (1257 words)

	Inventors in history - inventor of the month, Erno Rubik
		Erno Rubik - born during World War 2 - was a lecturer at the Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest.
		Rubik set out to create a three dimensional cube with a similar but harder mental challenge.
		The story is that one day Rubik was sitting by the Danube and looking at the round pebbles and this gave him the idea for the cylindrical mechanism.
	www.eseli.com /inventor_of_the_month.php (390 words)

	Erno Rubik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		His shoe store was a erno rubik of uncertainty or wonder in his hand and read it, anyhow, and she was inwardly fighting.
		As a matter of getting that erno rubik of his failure here a erno rubik moments with a light slam, indicating that erno rubik hundred and fifty thousand dollars, his life.
		He had a peculiar situation of this erno rubik prison which was high and narrow; a collection of erno rubik odds and ends in the eyes themselves were thin and shapely, artistic in form and feature, and he received at once.
	www.qkmv.com /122/erno-rubik.html (468 words)

	Rubik's Cube History
		The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture with an interest in geometry and the study of 3D forms.
		Erno obtained Hungarian patent HU170062 for the "Magic Cube" in 1975, but did not take out international patents.
		Terutoshi Ishigi acquired Japanese patent JP55?8192 for a nearly identical mechanism while Rubik's patent was being processed, but Ishigi is generally credited with an independent reinvention.
	www.rubikscube.biz /history.html (467 words)

	APESHEET INTERVIEW: ERNO RUBIK
		Erno Rubik, the one and only creator of the Rubik's Cube.
		RUBIK: Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.
		APESHEET: You're telling me the Rubik's Cube is responsible for the collapse of the Communist party in Budapest.
	www.theapesheet.com /ape13/rubik.html (297 words)

	The Perplexing Life of Erno Rubik
		Rubik was born in the air- raid shelter of a Budapest hospital during World War II.
		When this question was put to Rubik several years ago by Life and Literature, an intellectual weekly in Budapest, he devoted a good deal of time-- most of the interview, in fact-- to not answering it.
		Rubik sometimes mentions the Golden Age of the Cube, by which hemeans the time before the craze, back when ''it brought only delights to me.'' He has a lot of--well, interesting--explanations for those delights.
	www.omegarobot.com /article/rubix.html (4662 words)

	Comprehensive information and links about Erno Rubik
		Erno Rubik (born July 13, 1944Erno Rubik is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor and professor of architecture.
		He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Magic and Rubik's Clock.
		He is known to be a very introverted and hardly accesible person, almost impossible to contact or get for autographs.
	www.quicknation.com /Erno_Rubik.htm (218 words)

	The History of Rubik's Cube
		It was the realisation that even the simplest elements, cleverly duplicated and manipulated, yield an abundance of multiple forms that was the first step on the long road that led finally to the Cube.
		Erno Rubik realised that only a totally original conception could provide a satisfactory solution.
		It was the "Rubik" trademark, Erno Rubik's copyright in the object itself and the "passing off" laws which secured, and continues to these days to secure adequate protection of the Cube against unauthorised copies in all countries throughout the world.
	home.rochester.rr.com /it/portfolio/rubiks/history.html (2552 words)

	Free algorithm for solving cubes of Erno Rubik and Terutoshi Ishige (in English)
		In order to make easier the solving of these cubes, and also in order to become independent of colours of paints which are used by various producers of Rubik's cubes, instead of naming colours of this cube with such words as red, green, yellow, etc., we are going to use here a different their labelling.
		A "manoeuvre" on Rubik's cubes is called a sequence of strictly defines rotations of walls and layers, which lead to accomplishing specific goals (e.g.
		Rubik's cubes have this attribute, that the same manoeuvres can be worked out for them independently from each other by practically everyone.
	members.fortunecity.com /timevehicle/rubik.htm (13913 words)

	The perplexing life of Erno Rubik Discover - Find Articles
		Rubik, who obviously does not need to work--$3 million goes a long way in Budapest-- told me he would return to his teaching job when his present one-year sabbatical ends.
		Since the Cube, Ru bik has produced several other toys--the most successful was Rubik's Snake, which could be twisted into shapes--and he told me that some day he wants to try his hand at design- ing computer games.
		Rubik sometimes mentions the Golden Age of the Cube, by which hemeans the time before the craze, back when ''it brought only delights to me.'' He has a lot of--well, interest- ing--explanations for those delights.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1511/is_v7/ai_4154373/pg_8 (569 words)

	myoldmac.net - Original Rubiks Cube by Ernö Rubik - Buy It !
		Here you can buy an original Rubiks Magic Cube (jp: Roku-men-tai) from the 1980th.This Rubik's cube rotates smoothly - it has a few little scratches - but altogether is in good condition, see the photos.
		Rubik meant to create the challenging cube with parts able to move around a center axis.
		The challenge of the puzzle is to return the cube to its original state, in which each face of the cube consists of nine squares of a similar colour.
	myoldmac.net /SELL-div/Rubiks-Cube.htm (1323 words)

	The man who invented the Rubik's cube : Erno Rubik
		Born the 13.07.1944, Ernö Rubik created several puzzles of which the most famous is naturally the Rubik's Cube.
		But he also invented a multitude of other brain-teasers as the Rubik's Clock, the Pocket Cube (Rubik's cube 2x2x2),...
		It took Ernö Rubik 1 month of extensive practice to resolve for the first time its puzzle.
	cubeland.free.fr /infos/ernorubik.htm (1005 words)

	Erno Laszlo
		Below is a list of some of the puzzles released under the "Rubik" brand name of Ernö Rubik.
		Ernő Goldfinger (November 11, 1902 - November 15, 1987) was a Hungarian born architect and designer of furniture, and a key member of the architectural Modern Movement after he had moved to the United Kingdom.
		What is the actual relation of Rubik to ''Rubik's logic and fantasy in space'', also a game and puzzle journal of the early 80s?
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/29/erno-laszlo.html (1363 words)

	Rubik's Cube History - Invention of the Rubik's Cube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		He had a passionate interest in geometry, in the study of 3D forms, in construction and in exploring the hidden possibilities of combination of forms and materials, not just in theory, but also in practice.
		Rubik's Puzzles extends the Rubik's brand into full-color puzzle books for the first time ever.
		Rubik’s Cube® is the incredibly addictive, multi-dimensional challenge that has fascinated puzzle fans around the world since 1980.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/story063.htm (1487 words)

	Erno Rubik, The Inventor of the Cube
		Rubik's Cube, which has world wide popularity, was invented by Erno Rubik.
		Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was engaged in sculpture and design.
		Initially Rubik invented the Cube not as a toy but as a structural design of blocks that can move independently without falling apart.
	dream.ewha.ac.kr /~inyoum/erno_rubik.html (622 words)

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