[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f9FUJn206Ng7rVDhAsi60zeksEvc_EyEjHZxvN3kQFns":3,"$fyApc6gi_le5mRng-y6PfQ5fAG19qxqSdE6WMiy-U1dI":14},{"author":4,"tags":13},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":10,"slug":11,"image_url":12},177063,"Erno Rubik","E",57,"The latter decades of the twentieth century saw a surge of interest in combinatorial puzzles and spatial reasoning that crossed disciplinary boundaries between mathematics, design, and engineering. Born on 13 July 1944 in Budapest, Ernő Rubik emerged from that environment as an architect, inventor, designer, sculptor, mathematician, engineer, and entrepreneur working in the Hungarian language and holding Hungarian citizenship.\n\nRubik was educated at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, institutions that together grounded him in both technical and artistic modes of thinking. He went on to work as a university teacher alongside his activities as an inventor and designer. His contributions to three-dimensional mechanical puzzles include the Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Snake, Rubik's Domino, Rubik's Flip, and Rubik's 360, a body of work that draws on his training across architecture, sculpture, and mathematics.\n\nHis puzzle designs reflect the range of disciplines in which Rubik operated throughout his career, combining principles of form, movement, and combinatorial structure in objects that engaged both artistic and mathematical modes of thinking. As a university teacher, he brought that same cross-disciplinary orientation to formal instruction, working in an environment shaped by the institutions where he had trained.\n\nRecognition of Rubik's work came through a series of Hungarian state and institutional honors. He received the Kossuth Prize, the State Award of the People's Republic of Hungary, the National Artist Award, the Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of Hungary, and the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen. He also received the International Dennis Gabor Award and was granted an honorary doctorate by the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, the institution where he had earlier completed part of his formal education.","The latter decades of the twentieth century saw a surge of interest in combinatorial puzzles and spatial reasoning that crossed disciplinary boundaries between mathematics, design, and engineering. Born on 13 July 1944 in Budapest, Ernő Rubik emerged from that environment as an architect, inventor, designer, sculptor, mathematician, engineer, and entrepreneur working in the Hungarian language and holding Hungarian citizenship.","erno-rubik",null,[],{"quotes":15,"pagination":78},[16,24,30,36,42,48,54,60,66,72],{"id":17,"quote_text":18,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":21,"source":22,"quote_tag":23,"commentary":12},3660817,"If you have many children, the first one is always different because you can only have one child who is the first. They have different natures and talents for you to love.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":25,"quote_text":26,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":27,"source":28,"quote_tag":29,"commentary":12},3660814,"I didn't give that name, the Rubik's Cube, and I called it Magic Cube because it's magic.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":31,"quote_text":32,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":33,"source":34,"quote_tag":35,"commentary":12},3660810,"I feel more like a father to a child: my Cube inspired thousands of 'twisty puzzles,' and I'm amazed how it continues to excite new generations.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":37,"quote_text":38,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":39,"source":40,"quote_tag":41,"commentary":12},3660806,"The Cube was a wonder - a wonder for itself and a wonder for myself. To me, it was much more strange than to anybody else.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":43,"quote_text":44,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":45,"source":46,"quote_tag":47,"commentary":12},3660803,"Throughout history, people have enjoyed playing both silly and clever games.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":12},3660799,"My main profession is architect.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":55,"quote_text":56,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":57,"source":58,"quote_tag":59,"commentary":12},3660793,"I don't want to say too many words about the magic of the Cube, because it's basically a mystery. It's like the Mona Lisa smile. It's both complex and very simple at the same time. And, well, people like it. Even today.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":12},3660790,"To solve the Cube, you need special skills and understanding. For example, pattern recognition is very important to solve the Cube.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":12},3660787,"I did not plan... the Cube as a competitive item.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":12},3660779,"I am really not a speedcuber. My best time when I was practicing was about a minute. Usually people say if you can create a piano, you must be a good piano player, but it is not true. They are different type of human activities and need different capabilities.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"currentPage":79,"totalPages":80,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":81},1,6,10]