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R.  Buckminster  Fuller

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"For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living
than any have ever known. Only ten years ago the 'more with less' technology reached the point
where this could be done. All humanity now has the option of becoming enduringly successful."
— R. Buckminster Fuller, 1980

R. Buckminster Fuller catalog at Amazon.com
browse 'Fuller as Architect' category at Amazon.com

R. Buckminster Fuller entry at Wikipedia
R. Buckminster Fuller credits at Internet Movie Database

Links

Bucky page at Stanford Humanities Library
Buckminster Fuller Virtual University [est. 1997]
Bucky article at Encarta
Fuller/Sadao Exhibit [Spring 2002] at Stanford
World Game Institute
CJF's Bucky FAQ site
GreatBuildings webpage on Fuller & Sadao
RAS's Bucky fansite
Fuller Edutainment: Bucky's "Future of Business" event
EcoMall's Bucky fansite
CR's Bucky fansite
Bucky article by Kirby Urner
fansite in German
Tetworld Global Strategic Gaming
LF's RetroFuture fansite
ten audio "Artifacts of Buckminster Fuller" by Scott Carrier

Works By R. Buckminster Fuller

"I just invent. Then I wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented."
—  R. Buckminster Fuller

"THE DYMAXION WORLD MAP shows one world island in one world ocean with no breaks
in the continental contours and with no visible distortion of the relative size or shape
of any of the cartographic patterning." — first sentence of Bucky's "Critical Path" book [1981]

"4-D Timelock" [1928]

"Education Automation" [1962]

"Ideas and Integrities" [1963]

"Nine Chains To The Moon" [1963]

"No More Second Hand God" [1963]

"Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth" [1963] by R. Buckminster Fuller Lars Muller Publrs pb [9/2000] out of print/used Dutton pb [3/78] out of print/used Pocket pb [11/70] out of print/used Penguin 7x5 pb [12/91] out of print/used Amereon 9x6 facsimile hardcover [7/78] for $18.95 online text at Future Hi

"Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects of Humanity" [1969]

"I Seem To Be A Verb" [1970] by R. Buckminster Fuller, with Jerome Agel & Quentin Fiore Bantam mass pb [1/80] out of print/used Bantam mass pb [1/80] out of print/used

"Intuition" [1972]

"Earth, Inc." [1973]

"Tetrascroll" [1975]

	"Synergetics: Explorations In The Geometry of Thinking" [1975] by R. Buckminster Fuller Macmillan pb [4/82] out of print/used Macmillan hardcover [1/75] out of print/used "Synergetics 2: Further Explorations In The Geometry of Thinking" [1979] Macmillan hardcover [12/79] out of print/used official 'Synergetics' website
	"Critical Path" [1981] by R. Buckminster Fuller St. Martin 9x6 pb [2/82] for $13.27 St. Martin 9¾x6¾ hardcover [3/81] out of print/many used

"And It Came to Pass - Not to Stay" [1976]

"Synergetics 2: Further Explorations In The Geometry of Thinking" [1979]

"Synergetic Stew: Explorations In Dymaxion Dining" [1982]

"Grunch of Giants" [1983]

"Humans in Universe" [1983]

"Inventions: The Patented Works of R.Buckminster Fuller" [1983]

	"Artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller: A Comprehensive Collection of His Designs & Drawings" [1984] by R. Buckminster Fuller, edited by William Marlin "Volume 1: Designs, 1947-1960" Taylor & Francis 12½x9½ hardcover [6/84] out of print/rare "Volume 2: Designs, 1960-1983" Taylor & Francis 12½x9½ hardcover [6/84] out of print/rare
	"Around The Universe With R. Buckminster Fuller: A Whole Systems View of Spaceship Earth" [1996] Bucky interviewed by Michael Toms New Dimensions audio [2/96] out of prodn/used
	"Your Private Sky: The Art of Design Science" [1999] by R. Buckminster Fuller, edited by Joachim Krausse & Claude Lichtenstein Lars Muller Publrs 9½x6¾ hardcover [7/99] for $32.75
	"Buckminster Fuller: Anthology For A New Millennium" [2001] Edited by Thomas T. K. Zung St Martin 9x6 pb [3/2002] out of prodn/used St Martin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2001] out of prodn/used
	"Your Private Sky: Discourse" [2001] by R. Buckminster Fuller, edited by Joachim Krausse & Claude Lichtenstein Lars Muller Publrs pb [2001] for $31.50
	"Buckminster Fuller: Lost Interviews" [2001] UFO Video DVD [2/2005] 2 disks for $44.99 UFO Video VHS [10/2001] 3 tapes out of prodn/used not listed at IMDb
	"Only Integrity Is Going To Count" [2004] by R. Buckminster Fuller the sound quality may be poor at times, but the content of these five hours of Bucky's lucid late-life lectures is excellent Critical Path Publng ABR audio CD [3/2004] 5 disks for $23.10

Works About R. Buckminster Fuller

"Man must learn to think for himself, rather than follow blindly what he has been taught."
—  R. Buckminster Fuller

Foghouse/Project Artaud one-man show in San Francisco CA
'A (Bucky) Fuller Universe' online audio documentary
BA's one-man play 'Bucky'

	"The World of Buckminster Fuller" [1974 documentary] Directed by Baylis Glascock & Robert Snyder Mystic Fire VHS [11/95] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb
	"Bucky For Beginners: Synergetic Geometry" [1984] by Mary Laycock Activity Resources 11x10¾ pb [6/84] out of print/used
	"A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller" [1987] by Amy C. Edmondson Birkhauser hardcover [1/87] out of print/used online text of the book
	"Buckminster Fuller's Universe: His Life & Work" [1989] by Lloyd Steven Sieden Perseus Books 8x5½ pb [8/2000] for $17.21 Plenum Press hardcover [6/89] out of print/used
	"Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud" [P.B.S. 'American Masters' documentary Jan 1996] Directed by Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon Zeitgeist color VHS [5/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb; producer website
	"Bucky Works: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas For Today" [1996] by J. Baldwin John Wiley & Sons 9x8 pb [9/97] for $21.86 John Wiley & Sons hardcover [3/96] out of print/used
	"Buckminster Fuller: An Audio Biography" [2000] by Lloyd Steven Sieden, with host Laura Lee Radio Bookstore Press audio [9/2000] out of prodn/rare
	"American Dreamer: Bucky Fuller & The Sacred   Geometry of Nature" [2007] by Scott Eastham Lutterworth Press 9½x6½ pb [7/2007] for $33.08

Domes  &  Housing
restored 4D Dymaxion House at Henry Ford Museum
article by Loretta Lorance at CUNY
Dome Home Companion
Bucky page at Lemelson-M.I.T. 'Invention Dimension'
'Dome Home' fansite
Timberline Geodesics

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