Who is Rube Goldberg? Reuben Garret Lucius Goldberg (1883 –
1970) was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer,
and inventor. He's best known for a series of popular cartoons
depicting complex devices performing simple tasks in convoluted
ways - “Rube Goldberg machines.” LEARN MORE > In 1889, Mark
Twain published “A Connecticut Yankee in King Author's Court.”
This imaginary story was about an inventive person who goes back
in time and changes history with his resourcefulness. It was not
an accident the hero was from Connecticut. LEARN MORE >