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Pages in category books by buckminster fuller the following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. These thinking out loud lectures span 42 hours and examine in depth all of fuller s major inventions and discoveries from the 1927 dymaxion house, car and. Buckminster fuller simple english wikipedia, the free. Buckminster fuller books list of books by author r. These articles stress the need for considering our planet as a whole, rather than breaking it into its partsas most of us continue to do. Richard buckminster bucky fuller was an american architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. Fullers first continuous tension discontinuous compression geodesic dome full. It fully illustrates that a great man walked among us.
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