“Schools offered me the opportunity to acquire knowledge of subjects or rather crafts that need a lot of practice, persistence, and diligence with the direction of a mentor.”
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Ernő Rubik
Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian architect and inventor widely known for creating the Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, and Rubik's Snake.
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business · Hungarian inventor (born 1944) · architect · university teacher · engineer · designer · mathematician · inventor · sculptor · entrepreneur · also Ernő Rubik, Ernö Rubik, Erno Rubik, Rubik
Born 13 July 1944 · Q186089
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2026· 3 entries
The Guardian: Hide the Pain Harold and Rubik’s Cube creator among social media’s picks for Hungarian president
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Public attention spiked: 8,068 Wikipedia readers in one day, 23.1× the usual 350, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen (2014).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Budapest (2014).
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Awarded National Artist Award (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Published “Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass using ionic liquids: Wheat straw fractionation” in Bioresource Technology — cited 267 times.
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Hazám-díj (2012).
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2010· 1 entry
– USA Science and Engineering Festival Award (Outstanding Contribution to Science Education)
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2009· 1 entry
Was appointed as an honorary professor of Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Kossuth Prize (2008).
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2002· 1 entry
Published “The Biofield Hypothesis: Its Biophysical Basis and Role in Medicine” in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine — cited 153 times.
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1996· 1 entry
– Ányos Jedlik Prize from the Hungarian Patent Office
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded International Dennis Gabor Award (1995).
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1987· 1 entry
Became a professor with full tenure; in 1990, he became the president of the Hungarian Engineering Academy (Magyar Mérnöki Akadémia)
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1983· 3 entries
Awarded State Award of the People's Republic of Hungary (1983).
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– Hungarian State Prize for demonstrating and teaching 3D structures and for the various solutions that inspired scientific researches in several ways
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Founding the Rubik Stúdió, where he designed furniture and games
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1974· 2 entries
“searching to find a good task for my students.”
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Applying for a patent on the puzzle in 1975
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1971· 1 entry
Studied at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (1971).
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1967· 1 entry
Studied at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (1967).
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-07-13.
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