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  • Reuben Garret Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist who received a 1948 Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning. He is best known for his series of popular cartoons depicting Rube Goldberg machines, complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways.

    July 24, 2008

  • see also W. Heath Robinson

    July 24, 2008

  • a plan that is complicated and not practical.

    August 28, 2008