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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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Operating manual for spaceship earth

by R. Buckminster Fuller
First published in 1969
16 editions, 2 ebooks
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Education automation: freeing the scholar to return to his studies

by R. Buckminster Fuller and R.B. Fuller
First published in 1962
13 editions, 3 ebooks
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No More Secondhand God and other Writings..

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1963
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Synergetics: explorations in the geometry of thinking

by R. Buckminster Fuller
First published in 1975
10 editions, 3 ebooks
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Nine chains to the moon

by R. Buckminster Fuller
First published in 1938
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Ideas and integrities: a spontaneous autobiographical disclosure

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1963
8 editions, 1 ebook
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Your private sky: R. Buckminster Fuller : the art of design science

by R. Buckminster Fuller and Claude Lichtenstein First published in 1999
6 editions, 1 ebook

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Utopia or oblivion: the prospects for humanity

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1969
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Synergetics 2: explorations in the geometry of thinking

by R. Buckminster Fuller
First published in 1979
5 editions, 2 ebooks
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Untitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization

by R. Buckminster Fuller
First published in 1962
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Critical path

by R. Buckminster Fuller
First published in 1981
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Grunch of Giants

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1983
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Intuition

by R. Buckminster Fuller
First published in 1972
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And it came to pass--not to stay

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1976
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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.

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1963
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Nine Chains to the Moon: An Adventure Story of Thought

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 2019
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No More Secondhand God: And Other Writings

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1963
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American Earth: Environmental Writing since Thoreau

by Bill McKibben, Henry David Thoreau, George Catlin, Lydia H. Sigourney, Susan Fenimore Cooper, Walt Whitman, George Perkins Marsh, P. T. Barnum, J. Muir, and 55 others First published in 2008
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World game report: summary of a project

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1969
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4D time lock

by R. Buckminster Fuller First published in 1972
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American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

Born	1895
Died	1983

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL770663A
BookBrainz: 2a42a513-ad69-4dee-8875-e929d7e3fec8
ISNI: 0000000114419441
IMDb: nm0298326
Library of Congress Names: n79006776
MusicBrainz: 89999999-d9e4-40c9-9989-d2b61485e130
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV223776
VIAF: 36898370
Wikidata: Q102289
Inventaire.io: wd:Q102289

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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
r. buckminster fuller
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Buckminster FULLER

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