R. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983)
Autore di Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
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Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller, the innovative thinker, engineer, and inventor, was born July 12, 1895 in Milton, Massachusetts. Despite early failures and tragedies, including his being expelled from Harvard University twice and the death of his four-year-old daughter, Fuller went on to mostra altro achieve many successes. He is best known for inventing the geodesic dome; his design has been used in structures all over the world. Besides Harvard, Fuller also attended the U.S. Naval Academy, and was a professor at Southern Illinois University. He is the author of Synergetics: Explanations in the Geometry of Thinking, a book that discusses the utopic role technology will play in the future. Critical Path is the book Fuller felt was his most important. It outlined his plan to rejuvenate earth through the use of technology. His last book, Grunch of Giants, summarizes his most important ideas. Fuller was awarded 28 United States patents and many honorary doctorates. In 1968 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member. In 1970 he received the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom presented to him on February 23, 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di R. Buckminster Fuller
50 Years of the Design Science Revolution and the World Game: A Collection of Articles and Papers on Design (1969) 2 copie
2 Titles By R. Buckminster Fuller: & 'Earth, Inc," & "Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity," (1971) 2 copie
Human's in Universe 1 copia
E3, Energy, earth and everyone: une stratégie énergétique globale pour le vaisseau spatial Terre… (2012) 1 copia
R. Buckminster Fuller: 1895-1983 1 copia
Synergetics Folio: A Collection of 10 Posters & an Introductory Essay by R. Buckminster Fuller 1 copia
Planetary Planning 1 copia
The artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller : a comprehensive collection of his designs and drawings (1985) 1 copia
Designing a New Industry 1 copia
Everything I Know 1 copia
intuition 1 copia
Opere correlate
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change (1971) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 513 copie
Non-being and somethingness: Selections from the comic strip Inside Woody Allen (1978) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 24 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Fuller, R. Buckminster
- Nome legale
- Fuller, Richard Buckminster
- Altri nomi
- Fuller, Buckminster
- Data di nascita
- 1895-07-12
- Data di morte
- 1983-07-01
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Milton, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Maine, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
North Carolina, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Istruzione
- Milton Academy, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard University (expelled)
self-educated - Attività lavorative
- visionary
inventor
systems theorist
architect - Relazioni
- Fuller, Arthur Buckminster (grandfather)
Fuller, Margaret (great-aunt)
Sadao, Shoji (colleague) - Organizzazioni
- American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1963])
Buckminster Fuller Institute
Mensa International (2nd pres.)
United States Navy (WWI) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1983)
Humanist of the Year (1969) - Breve biografia
- Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (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", 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 resemblance to geodesic spheres.
Buckminster Fuller was the second president of Mensa from 1974 to 1983.
~Wikipedia
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Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth di R. Buckmister Fuller
Oh, if only we had listened to Fuller. We wouldn't be in such a mess now.
This may have been cool in its day, but it comes across today as noisey, over-designed and confusing.
This book is snippets of quotes and images laid out in a "clever" design that you have to read front to back and back to front.
I think the design is a reflection of the times, the confused sixties and seventies when technology and social change were changing faster than society could keep up. Today, I think the layout just adds noise to the message.
Also, there is not much of R. Buckminster Fuller even though he is listed as the primary author.
Perhaps in context I would understand more of the humor and irony of this book, but today it is more of a curious artifact of the time when it was published.… (altro)
This book is snippets of quotes and images laid out in a "clever" design that you have to read front to back and back to front.
I think the design is a reflection of the times, the confused sixties and seventies when technology and social change were changing faster than society could keep up. Today, I think the layout just adds noise to the message.
Also, there is not much of R. Buckminster Fuller even though he is listed as the primary author.
Perhaps in context I would understand more of the humor and irony of this book, but today it is more of a curious artifact of the time when it was published.… (altro)
Five stars for what this book is, a short explanation of the philosophy of technical optimism of R. Buckminster Fuller.
However, Fuller writes in a dense style that is sometimes hard to read.
By the way, this is not an operating manual at all, it focuses more on concepts rather than tactics. Spoiler alert - the key is that we work together and stop creating false differences between people (nations, rich and poor, races).
However, Fuller writes in a dense style that is sometimes hard to read.
By the way, this is not an operating manual at all, it focuses more on concepts rather than tactics. Spoiler alert - the key is that we work together and stop creating false differences between people (nations, rich and poor, races).
A quirky thrift store find that regularly sells for $200 a various booksellers. Nice copy, in tight condition, the title page says it all "The Most Important fact about Spaceship earth: An Instruction book didn't come with it."
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