The Rubik’s Cube is 50 years old

Early on the first Saturday in January, Tomas Rokicki and a few hundred other enthusiasts packed a large lecture hall in the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco. A major math conference was in progress, and Rokicki, a retired programmer from Palo Alto, California, had helped organize a special two-day session of “serious recreational mathematics” … Read more

The Rubik’s Cube Turns 50

Early on the first Saturday in January, Tomas Rokicki and a few hundred other enthusiasts packed a large lecture hall in the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco. A major math conference was in progress, and Rokicki, a retired programmer from Palo Alto, California, had helped organize a special two-day session of “serious recreational mathematics” … Read more