The R. Buckminster Fuller FAQ: Introduction (original) (raw)
Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) is the renowned inventor of the geodesic dome, the world game, and a new system of mathematics called_synergetics_. He was a polymath whose writings and lectures touched upon every aspect of the human condition. He was a ``new-former'' pointing out, exploring and prototyping designs in numerous, previously uncharted areas of science and humanity. His greatest writings were_Critical Path_, Synergetics (2 volumes), and posthumously_Cosmography_. Since his physical death a class of recently discovered allotropes of carbon, the fullerenes, have been named in his honor.
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