Books
There are plenty of Rube Goldberg contraptions — and they’re fun — but there are also ‘Foolish Questions,’ ‘I’m the Guy,’ political cartoons and more.
Nov. 28, 2013
‘Art of Rube Goldberg’ more than crazy contraptions
Entertainment & Arts
Whatever happened to Rube Goldberg? Rube died in 1970 at the age of 87.
Feb. 25, 1987
The Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Mass., will exhibit 60 original drawings, sketches and cartoons by Rube Goldberg (1883-1970),whose cartoons pointed out the foibles of human nature, officials said.
Sept. 2, 1987
The great cartoonist Rube Goldberg didn’t need a computer to help create his crazy inventions.
June 23, 1995
Archives
UCI engineering students find imaginative ways to put the squeeze on.
Feb. 20, 2003
World & Nation
Technology: His pumping, puffing, comical-looking contraption transforms the lives of African villagers.
Feb. 22, 1998
Science & Medicine
President Clinton’s proposal for health reform is paradoxical, full of both promise and peril.
Sept. 22, 1993
High School Sports
Troy High School sophomore Mark Rudner has been poring over his physics textbooks for a month, building to meticulous detail his Rube Goldberg, a 2-foot-tall contraption that will bear witness to his engineering skills.
May 16, 1997
Trying to make the simple ridiculously complicated, a team of student engineers in West Lafayette, Ind., built a contraption that puts a golf ball on a tee by way of a crashing miniature skier, a crossbow and a toy boat.
April 11, 1999