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[[File:Buckminster_Fuller_as_a_young_man.jpg|thumb|Buckminster Fuller as a young man.]]'''Richard Buckminster Fuller''' (/ˈfʊlər/; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion" house/car, ephemeralization, synergetic, and "tensegrity". 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. | [[File:Buckminster_Fuller_as_a_young_man.jpg|thumb|Buckminster Fuller as a young man.]]'''Richard Buckminster Fuller''' (/ˈfʊlər/; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion" house/car, ephemeralization, synergetic, and "tensegrity". 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. | ||
Fuller | == Appraisal == | ||
"Fuller ... has better claim to the title of polymath than any man since [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|Leonardo]]." | |||
Robert Anton Wilson, in Everything Is Under Control : Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups (1998), p. 189. | |||
[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller Source] | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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Richard Buckminster Fuller (/ˈfʊlər/; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion" house/car, ephemeralization, synergetic, and "tensegrity". 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.
Appraisal
"Fuller ... has better claim to the title of polymath than any man since Leonardo."
Robert Anton Wilson, in Everything Is Under Control : Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups (1998), p. 189.
In the News
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Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Buckminster Fuller @ Wikipedia