The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller

by R. Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller

If R. Buckminster Fuller had been pulling the strings of corporate America, it's possible we would be living in a world of three-wheel cars, aluminum houses, and domed cities.Fuller never enjoyed that kind of power or authority. In fact, a good deal of his 24 patents and many other improbable schemes came to nothing. But Bucky-as he was universally known-was destined to be ahead of his time.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Design

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1966

About the author

Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor.

Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", ephemeralization, and synergetic. He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome. Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres.

Buckminster Fuller was the second president of Mensa from 1974 to 1983.

Reviews

[Asderan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great photos and illustrations.

As far as the essays on Fuller, I would rather just read Fuller, but it gives a good overview of his work, and covers some things Fuller produced physically, but did not write extensively about himself.