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Oct. 22, 2010
Rubik and His Cube
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| His simple-yet-complex cube puzzle took the world by storm in the 1980s. This week, Professor Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik's Cube, will receive a Lifetime Science Education Achievement Award from the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington. We'll talk to the Hungarian inventor about science and engineering education, and how to inspire a next generation of scientists and engineers. |
Produced by Charles Bergquist, Director and Contributing Producer
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Erno Rubik
Recipient of USA Science and Engineering Festival's Lifetime Science Education Achievement Award
Inventor, Rubik's Cube
Budapest, Hungary
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