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R. Buckminster Fuller

R. Buckminster Fuller

Born 1895 · Died 1983

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".

Quotes

  • “God, to me, it seems / is a verb, / not a noun, / proper or improper.”
    1960s
  • “Thinking is a momentary dismissal of irrelevancies.”
    1960s
  • “I live on Earth at present, and I don't know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process — an integral function of the universe.”
    1970s
  • “The word generalization in literature usually means covering too much territory too thinly to be persuasive, let alone convincing. In science, however, a generalization means a principle that has been found to hold true in every special case.”
    The Wellspring of Reality
  • “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
    From 1980s onwards, p. 137

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Books by R. Buckminster Fuller in order

Books by R. Buckminster Fuller in the order they were published, from Nine Chains to the Moon (1938) to R. Buckminster Fuller (2019).

  1. 1Nine Chains to the MoonNine Chains to the Moon1938
  2. 2Education AutomationEducation Automation1962
  3. 3Untitled Epic Poem on the History of IndustrializationUntitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization1962
  4. 4Ideas and IntegritiesIdeas and Integrities1963
  5. 5Operating Manual for Spaceship EarthOperating Manual for Spaceship Earth1969
  6. 6I Seem to Be a VerbI Seem to Be a Verb1970
  7. 74D Time Lock4D Time Lock1972
  8. 8IntuitionIntuition1972
  9. 9Utopia or OblivionUtopia or Oblivion1972
  10. 10Earth, IncEarth, Inc1973
  11. 11Grunch GiantsGrunch Giants1973
  12. 12SynergeticsSynergetics1975
  13. 13Synergetics 2Synergetics 21979
  14. 14Critical PathCritical Path1981
  15. 15TetrascrollTetrascroll1982
  16. 16Grunch of GiantsGrunch of Giants1983
  17. 17Humans in UniverseHumans in Universe1983
  18. 18InventionsInventions1983
  19. 19Fuller's EarthFuller's Earth1984
  20. 20CosmographyCosmography1992
  21. 21Your Private SkyYour Private Sky1999
  22. 22Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller2001
  23. 23Guinea Pig BGuinea Pig B2004
  24. 24R. Buckminster FullerR. Buckminster Fuller2019

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