Larry D. Nichols

Larry D. Nichols
Born
Larry Nichols

1939 (age 84–85)
Xenia, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
EducationDePauw University; Harvard Graduate School
Occupation(s)Inventor, chemist
Employer(s)Moleculon Research Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Known forPuzzle designer, inventor
TitleChief scientist
Diagram from Nichols' patent showing a cube held together with magnets
Pocket Cube animation.

Larry D. Nichols, born 1939 in the United States, is a puzzle designer. He grew up in Xenia, Ohio, and studied chemistry at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, before moving to Massachusetts to attend Harvard Graduate School. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including 'The Nichols Cube Puzzle' (1972), patent US3655201.[1] He has lived with his wife Karen in Arlington, Massachusetts since 1959.

  1. ^ Pattern forming puzzle and method with pieces rotatable in groups US 3655201 A