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Anad yet in a few months we will be celebrating half a century of playing with this puzzling masterpiece!<\/p>\n<p>Cubes are fascinating, and those which can be rotated in 3 dimensions are even more so; after all, three is a magic number, right?!<\/p>\n<p>So it is only fitting that the closing event of this year\u2019s Maths Week England is a brand-new show celebrating, well, the maths and magic of Erno Rubik\u2019s incredible invention.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, this is a LIVE event held at the prestigious Royal Institution in London. Space is limited, so grab your tickets fast. What\u2019s more, there is the chance to obtain a limited edition impossible object; a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewjeffrey.co.uk\/teaching-resources\/rubiks-cube-in-a-bottle\/\">Rubik\u2019s Cube in a bottle<\/a>! 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