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R. Buckminster Fuller

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 was the second World President of Mensa from 1974 to 1983.

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American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

Born 1895
Died 1983

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  • Cover of: 4 D: Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House. [Exhibition] Old Fogg Museum, March 12, 113, 14, 1930

    First published in 1930 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Universal architecture: archeology abandoned in recreative art of housing design (a 1927 forecast), universal conditions of industrially reproducable shelter (a 1932 aphoristic essay)

    First published in 1932 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Nine chains to the moon

    First published in 1938 9 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ninechainstomoon00full
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  • Cover of: Better homes for lower incomes

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  • Cover of: Buckminster Fuller

    First published in 1958 2 editions in 4 languages
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  • Cover of: Three structures by Buckminster Fuller in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Untitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization

    First published in 1962 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition untitledepicpoem00rbuc
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  • Cover of: Education automation: freeing the scholar to return to his studies

    First published in 1962 13 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition educationautomat00full Cover of edition educationautoma000full
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  • Cover of: No more secondhand god: and other writings

    First published in 1963 11 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: design initiative: phase 1, (1964) document 2 [of five two year phases of a world retooling design proposed to the International Union of Architects for adoption by world architectural schools. By R. Buckminster Fuller and others]

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  • Cover of: World design science decade, 1965-1975: five two-year phases of a world retooling design proposed to the International Union of Architects for adoption by world architectural schools.

    First published in 1963 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ideas and integrities: a spontaneous autobiographical disclosure

    First published in 1963 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: In the Tuileries Garden

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  • Cover of: Comprehensive thinking

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  • Cover of: Designing Environments

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  • Cover of: What I am trying to do

    First published in 1968 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: World game report

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  • Cover of: Fifty years of the design science revolution and the world game: a collectionof articles and papers on design.

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  • Cover of: Operating manual for spaceship earth

    First published in 1969 16 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition operatingmanualf0000full Cover of edition operatingmanualf00full_516
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American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

Born 1895
Died 1983
Subjects
Technology, Philosophy, Technology and civilization, Civilization, Fuller, r. buckminster (richard buckminster), 1895-1983, Modern Civilization, Architects, Biography, Engineers, Philosophie, Social aspects, Science, Social aspects of Technology, Architecture, Civilisation, Exhibitions, History, Inventions, Patents, Science and civilization, System theory, Addresses, essays, lectures, Catalogs, Civilization, modern, 1950-, Design
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United States, East Asia, New York, New York (State), Southeast Asia, Thailand, États-Unis
People
R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-), Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Time
1950-, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Buckminster Fuller
  • Richard Buckminster Fuller
  • Buckminster R. Fuller
  • P Buckminster Fuller
  • R.Buckminster Fuller
  • Fuller R. Buckminster
  • Fuller
  • Buckminster
  • Richard Buckminster FULLER
  • R Buckminster Fuller
  • the late R. Buckminster Fuller
  • R. Buckminster (FWS) Fuller
  • R. B. Fuller
  • R. Ruckminster Fuller

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October 28, 2021 Edited by Jenner merge authors
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