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Bio sketch of erno rubik in 80 words

Answer 1

Erno Rubik, (born July 13, 1944, Budapest, Hung.), inventor of Rubik’s Cube, a popular toy of the 1980s. Rubik’s Cube consists of 26 small cubes that rotate on a central axis; nine colored cube faces, in three rows of three each, form each side of the cube. When the cube is twisted out of its original arrangement, the player must then return it to the original configuration, one among 43 quintillion possible ones.

The son of a poet mother and a glider-manufacturer father, Rubik studied sculpture at the Technical University in Budapest and architecture at the Academy of Applied Arts and Design, also in Budapest. While a professor of design at the academy, he pursued his hobby of building geometric models. One of these was a prototype of his cube, made of 27 wooden blocks; it took Rubik a month to solve the problem of the cube. It proved a useful tool for teaching algebraic group theory, and in late 1977 Konsumex, Hungary’s state trading company, began marketing it. By 1980 Rubik’s Cube was marketed throughout the world, and over 100 million authorized units, with an estimated 50 million unauthorized imitations, were sold, mostly during its subsequent three years of popularity. Approximately 50 books were published describing how to solve the puzzle of Rubik’s Cube. Following his cube’s popularity, Rubik opened a studio to develop designs in 1984; among its products was another popular puzzle toy, Rubik’s Magic.

Answer 2

Answer:

Born

13 July 1944 (age 76)

Budapest, Hungary

Nationality

Hungarian

Education

1962–67 University of Technology, Budapest (architecture)

1967–71 Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts; Interior Architecture and Design

Occupation

Inventor, designer, board executive

Employer

Rubik Brand Ltd. (UK)

Known for

Puzzle designer of Rubik's Cube, inventor, architect, professor

Title

Chairman

Board member of

Judit Polgar Foundation

Spouse(s)

Ágnes Hégely (4 children)[1]

Children

Ágnes, Anna, Ernő Jr, Szonja[2]

Parent(s)

Ernő Rubik Sr.

Magdolna Szántó

While Rubik became famous for inventing the Rubik's Cube and his other puzzles, much of his recent work involves the promotion of science in education. Rubik is involved with several organisations such as Beyond Rubik's Cube, the Rubik Learning Initiative and the Judit Polgar Foundation all of whose aim is to engage students in science, mathematics, and problem solving at a young age.