Why Rube Goldberg's Work Is Really A Simple Sport
If Rube Goldberg were here today.
By: Spencer Bess
Rube Goldberg project, it’s tons of fun. This year’s Rube Goldberg project circles around three topics: Of course Rube Goldberg, the Olympics, and a sport we chose. In this case, shot put. Shot put is interesting to me because I participate in track (and field). However, It’s a really a simple sport. The thing is, I imagined it was started by two men wondering who can throw the ball farther, but it takes more skill than just a toss. Shot put is one of the oldest sports ever. Just to think that I participate in the same thing the Greeks did in the coliseums is amazing.
First, we talk about Rube. Some people prefer the simple; those people did not include a Mister Ruben Goldberg. Rube Goldberg was once a person, but is now a legacy. Now people all over the world create complex machines do preform meaningless tasks. Ever since the early 1900’s Rube Goldberg has continued to wowed us …show more content…
with his comic situations and political ideas. Today almost everyone knows what a “Rube Goldberg machine” is, and contests scatter the globe with men and women trying to create the most elaborate, simple machine. Throughout the twentieth century Rube Goldberg has influenced the world’s perception of humble technology.
Rube didn’t start out as a crazy cartoonist.
He was originally an engineer for the City of San Francisco Water and Sewers Department, and he designed one of the largest sewer systems in the United States. When he was finished with his work with the sewers he switched to a job with the sports department of a San Francisco newspaper. Seems like a big move, but he wasn’t done yet. He began to submit drawings and cartoons to the editor. The editor denied him. He continued to send in his drawings until one of his zany drawings was finally published (George). People seemed interested in his cartoons. The more his cartoons were published the more people liked him. He grew more and more popular. Soon the entire world knew his name. The more popular he became the more his cartoons became in demand, and for his cartoons he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for the best editorial cartoon, his “Peace Today,” a warning against atomic weapons (Chopra), and as a result grew and grew in popularity until he became an American
legend.
Our next topic is the Olympics, the early Olympics are a bit foggy, but it is mainly accepted by the scientific and historic community that it started around 776 B.C., and ended around 393 A.D.(Olympic fun facts) It was later banned for being a pagan festival. It was then restarted in 1896 in Athens, Greece (Kindersley). Since then it has grown in popularity. Now countries all over the world compete in this competition. It is held every four years, and gives medals out to top competitors. The U.S holds the record for most gold medals with 47 at host, Greece, and most overall medals with 2,189 (Olympic fun facts).
The sport I picked was shot put. It is a simple sport, and so it was my job to make it complex. The shot put is a medium sized ball of about 110 mm and is made of iron, or anything harder than brass. It weighs 16 pounds for men’s and 8 pounds 13 oz. for women. The basic idea is to push it as far as you can. You have a 7 ft. wide ring to throw it from, and you cannot leave the circle (Rosenthal). The shot put has been an Olympic event since 1909 ("shot put."). The current record holder for men is Ulf Timmermann with a 22.47 meter throw at Seoul; 1988.He is won it for Germany. The women’s holder is Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek with 22.41 meters at Moscow in 1980. She won it for the German Democratic Republic ("Shot put Men.").
In conclusion, our friend Rube was a sewer designer who became a cartoonist, the Olympics are one of the oldest sports competitions in history, and the “Shot Put” is a metal ball that one throws. To put it into basic terms, but in essence of Rube it needs to be complex. Rube Goldberg would be happy to see that the world continues his legacy with machines by famous companies such as Coke and Red Bull. Each has tried to make drinking a fresh one the most redundant thing in the world. Rube would be proud.
WORK CITED
"Olympics Fun Facts." Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help. Pearson Education. 25 Mar. 2013 .
Chopra, Swati. "Rube Goldberg (American Cartoonist)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Jan. 2012. Web. 17 Mar. 2013.
George, Jennifer. "Rube Goldberg : Biography." Rube Goldberg. 2011. Rube Goldberg, inc. 26 Feb. 2013 .
"shot put." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 Feb. 2013 .
"Shot put Men." Shot put men. 2012. 25 Mar. 2013
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Rosenthal, Bert. “Track and Field: How to play the all-star way”
"Shot put Men ." Shot put men. 2012. 25 Mar. 2013
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"Shot put Men." Shot put men. 2012. 25 Mar. 2013
.
By: Spencer Bess
Rube Goldberg project, it’s tons of fun. This year’s Rube Goldberg project circles around three topics: Of course Rube Goldberg, the Olympics, and a sport we chose. In this case, shot put. Shot put is interesting to me because I participate in track (and field). However, It’s a really a simple sport. The thing is, I imagined it was started by two men wondering who can throw the ball farther, but it takes more skill than just a toss. Shot put is one of the oldest sports ever. Just to think that I participate in the same thing the Greeks did in the coliseums is amazing.
First, we talk about Rube. Some people prefer the simple; those people did not include a Mister Ruben Goldberg. Rube Goldberg was once a person, but is now a legacy. Now people all over the world create complex machines do preform meaningless tasks. Ever since the early 1900’s Rube Goldberg has continued to wowed us …show more content…
with his comic situations and political ideas. Today almost everyone knows what a “Rube Goldberg machine” is, and contests scatter the globe with men and women trying to create the most elaborate, simple machine. Throughout the twentieth century Rube Goldberg has influenced the world’s perception of humble technology.
Rube didn’t start out as a crazy cartoonist.
He was originally an engineer for the City of San Francisco Water and Sewers Department, and he designed one of the largest sewer systems in the United States. When he was finished with his work with the sewers he switched to a job with the sports department of a San Francisco newspaper. Seems like a big move, but he wasn’t done yet. He began to submit drawings and cartoons to the editor. The editor denied him. He continued to send in his drawings until one of his zany drawings was finally published (George). People seemed interested in his cartoons. The more his cartoons were published the more people liked him. He grew more and more popular. Soon the entire world knew his name. The more popular he became the more his cartoons became in demand, and for his cartoons he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for the best editorial cartoon, his “Peace Today,” a warning against atomic weapons (Chopra), and as a result grew and grew in popularity until he became an American
legend.
Our next topic is the Olympics, the early Olympics are a bit foggy, but it is mainly accepted by the scientific and historic community that it started around 776 B.C., and ended around 393 A.D.(Olympic fun facts) It was later banned for being a pagan festival. It was then restarted in 1896 in Athens, Greece (Kindersley). Since then it has grown in popularity. Now countries all over the world compete in this competition. It is held every four years, and gives medals out to top competitors. The U.S holds the record for most gold medals with 47 at host, Greece, and most overall medals with 2,189 (Olympic fun facts).
The sport I picked was shot put. It is a simple sport, and so it was my job to make it complex. The shot put is a medium sized ball of about 110 mm and is made of iron, or anything harder than brass. It weighs 16 pounds for men’s and 8 pounds 13 oz. for women. The basic idea is to push it as far as you can. You have a 7 ft. wide ring to throw it from, and you cannot leave the circle (Rosenthal). The shot put has been an Olympic event since 1909 ("shot put."). The current record holder for men is Ulf Timmermann with a 22.47 meter throw at Seoul; 1988.He is won it for Germany. The women’s holder is Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek with 22.41 meters at Moscow in 1980. She won it for the German Democratic Republic ("Shot put Men.").
In conclusion, our friend Rube was a sewer designer who became a cartoonist, the Olympics are one of the oldest sports competitions in history, and the “Shot Put” is a metal ball that one throws. To put it into basic terms, but in essence of Rube it needs to be complex. Rube Goldberg would be happy to see that the world continues his legacy with machines by famous companies such as Coke and Red Bull. Each has tried to make drinking a fresh one the most redundant thing in the world. Rube would be proud.
WORK CITED
"Olympics Fun Facts." Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help. Pearson Education. 25 Mar. 2013 .
Chopra, Swati. "Rube Goldberg (American Cartoonist)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Jan. 2012. Web. 17 Mar. 2013.
George, Jennifer. "Rube Goldberg : Biography." Rube Goldberg. 2011. Rube Goldberg, inc. 26 Feb. 2013 .
"shot put." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 Feb. 2013 .
"Shot put Men." Shot put men. 2012. 25 Mar. 2013
.
Rosenthal, Bert. “Track and Field: How to play the all-star way”
"Shot put Men ." Shot put men. 2012. 25 Mar. 2013
.
"Shot put Men." Shot put men. 2012. 25 Mar. 2013
.