“I could do two political cartoons a day, but an invention sometimes required a week.”
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Rube Goldberg
Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor.
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science · American cartoonist (1883–1970) · comics artist · inventor · journalist · cartoonist · screenwriter · writer · sculptor · illustrator · artist · engineer · also Rube Goldberg, Goldberg
Born 4 July 1883 · Died 7 December 1970 · Q505850
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2026· 25 entries
The Jerusalem Post: Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of murdered Oct. 7 hostage, represents victims of terrorism at UN
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UnionLeader.com: Jonah Goldberg: Remember 'affordability' mania?
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State House News Service: O'Brien revives Goldberg feud with whistleblower claim
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Investing.com México: EVP de CoreWeave Chen Goldberg vende $792,740 en acciones ordinarias
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- AJN Agencia de Noticias: Rachel-Goldberg-Polin-Sept1 -
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Investing.com España: EVP de CoreWeave Chen Goldberg vende 792.740 dólares en acciones ordinarias clase A
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Investing.com: CoreWeave EVP Chen Goldberg sells $792,740 in class a common stock
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itongadol.com: La madre de Hersh Goldberg-Polin, rehén asesinado en Gaza, representó a las víctimas del terrorismo ante la ONU
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ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: Video Whoopi Goldberg on Transgender Model Series 'Strut' - ABC News
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News-Register: Jonah Goldberg: Everyone's touting affordability that they can't deliver - News-Register
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The Boston Globe: O'Brien files $3 million suit against Goldberg over wrongful firing
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Greensboro News and Record: Jonah Goldberg: Everyone is campaigning on ‘affordability’ that no one can deliver
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Talking Joints Memo: Former CCC Chair O’Brien Sues Massachusetts Treasurer Goldberg
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Legacy obituary: Janet L Gorman Obituary (2026) - Silver Spring, MD - Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care, Inc.
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Archinect: Archinect City Guide: Discover Montevideo with Román Viñoly & Sebastián Goldberg of Rafael Viñoly Architects
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Yahoo: Shaq Blows Up Car With Bill Goldberg
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Legacy obituary: Lawrence Small Obituary (2026) - Rockville, MD - Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care, Inc.
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Bryan Times: Goldberg - GOP isn't
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ArchDaily: Galería de Showroom de mobiliario Kaza Israel / Baranowitz & Goldberg Architects - 24
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Investing.com España: El EVP de CoreWeave Chen Goldberg vende 678.790 dólares en acciones el 17.08
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Spectrum News 13: LA Times reporter Noah Goldberg on uncovering fake poll firm
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Spectrum News: LA Times reporter Noah Goldberg discusses uncovering fake polling firm
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Radar BioBio: "Polaco" Goldberg: Como hincha de toda la vida, me encantaría saber qué va a pasar con la U
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Cooperativa: El editorial de Rodrigo Goldberg: Los esfuerzos institucionales de la UC fueron tardíos
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “A video shows a physical Rube Goldberg machine featuring Legos and inspired by the movie character Indiana Jones.” Miscaptioned.
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2018· 2 entries
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,028 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 6,206 times.
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2017· 2 entries
Published “Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade” in Science — cited 5,824 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet — cited 6,193 times.
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded Will Eisner Hall of Fame (2016).
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Published “Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 5,093 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 5,711 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair Deficiency” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 8,268 times.
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2012· 3 entries
Published “Safety and Activity of Anti–PD-L1 Antibody in Patients with Advanced Cancer” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 6,769 times.
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Published “The cBio Cancer Genomics Portal: An Open Platform for Exploring Multidimensional Cancer Genomics Data” in Cancer Discovery — cited 15,231 times.
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The CBS show Elementary features a machine in its opening sequence
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2010· 1 entry
Published “The NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis” in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society — cited 4,316 times.
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2005· 1 entry
The American alternative rock/indie band The Bravery released a video for their debut single, "An Honest Mistake," which features the band performing the song in the middle of a Rube Goldberg machine
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2003· 1 entry
Called "The Cog" using many of the same principles that Fischli and Weiss had done in 1987
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1999· 1 entry
An episode of The X-Files was titled "The Goldberg Variation"
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1998· 1 entry
Justice Scalia remarked in a dissent in a habeas case that "Rube Goldberg would envy the scheme the Court has created
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1995· 1 entry
With the inclusion of Rube Goldberg's Inventions, depicting his 1931 "Self-Operating Napkin" in the Comic Strip Classics series of U
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1990· 1 entry
Published “An alternative "description of personality": The Big-Five factor structure.” in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology — cited 4,261 times.
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1989· 1 entry
It became a national competition, with a high school division added in 1996
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1987· 1 entry
With their 30-minute video Der Lauf der Dinge or The Way Things Go
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1979· 1 entry
Published “A scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire” in Psychological Medicine — cited 4,029 times.
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1970· 1 entry
Died 1970-12-07.
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Reuben Award (1967).
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1966· 1 entry
Meaning "having a fantastically complicated improvised appearance", or "deviously complex and impractical
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Gold T-Square Award (1955).
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1949· 2 entries
As a competition at Purdue University between two fraternities
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And worked there until his retirement in 1963
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1948· 1 entry
The National Cartoonists Society's Gold T-Square Award in 1955, and the Banshees' Silver Lady Award in 1959
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1938· 1 entry
Goldberg worked as the editorial cartoonist for the New York Sun
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1916· 1 entry
Goldberg created a series of seven short animated films which focus on humorous aspects of everyday situations in the form of an animated newsreel
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1911· 1 entry
In an unsuccessful attempt to get him to move to William Randolph Hearst's newspaper chain, and in 1915 raised the offer to $50,000 per year
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1909· 1 entry
Goldberg invented the "Foolish Questions" game based on his successful cartoon by the same name
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1907· 1 entry
Finding employment as a sports cartoonist with the New York Evening Mail
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1904· 2 entries
Studied at University of California, Berkeley (1904).
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With a degree in engineering and was hired by the city of San Francisco as an engineer for the Water and Sewers Department
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1883· 2 entries
Born 1883-07-04.
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In San Francisco, California, to Jewish parents Max
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