A Fuller Explanation

Index of Synergetics Sections Cited

Index of Synergetics Sections Cited

1(’b’ designates Synergetics-2)

2

3606.01 64

4

5A-module 2, 178, 203, 213, 221, 227, 228, 302

6

7A-module

8

9defining new framework 205, 216

10

11energy characteristics 205, 211

12

13net 207, 208

14

15volume 215

16

17Alloys 5, 36, 261, 284

18

19Alloys

20

21chrome-nickel-steel 37

22

23Angle types, definition of

24

25axial, central, dihedral, surface 87

26

27Angular topology 71, 302

28

29Angular topology

30

31720ř excess 84

32

33principle of 82

34

35takeout 82, 280, 293

36

37Architecture 20, 88, 149, 253, 258, 259

38

39housing 277

40

41Avogadro, Amadeo 134, 135, 152

42

43B-module 2, 178, 204, 302

44

45B-module

46

47energy characteristics 205, 215

48

49Bamboo 256

50

51Bicycle wheel 102, 103, 264, 283

52

53Black Mountain College 266

54

55Bohr, Niels

56

57complementarity principle (1928) 191

58

59Boltzmann, Ludwig 92

60

61Bookshelf 2

62

63Bowties 2

64

65Brain-Mind distinction 14, 275, 284

66

67Brooklyn Bridge (1883) 261

68

69Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) xxii, 270, 281, 309

70

71C60 carbon molecule xx

72

73Carbon atoms

74

75carbon fiber 261

76

77diamond vs graphite 31, 150

78

79general bonding of 185

80

81Cell

82

83as topological element 48, 135, 144, 148, 150, 160, 164, 182, 192, 196, 198, 199

84

85Chinese physicists, Tsung-Dao Lee and Ning Yang 191

86

87Chord 19

88

89chord factors 85

90

91chordal and radial equivalence in VE 180

92

93chordal forces 96

94

95chordal rates of convergence and divergence 180

96

97great-circle arcs 220

98

99great-circle chords 256, 257, 271

100

101Closepacked spheres, sphere packing 2, 10, 20, 108, 111, 135, 140, 141, 147, 164, 187, 189, 194, 202, 214

102

103Closepacked spheres, sphere packing

104

105cubic vs hexagonal 112, 113, 114

106

107formula for total numbers of spheres 123, 125, 126

108

109icosahedron and sphere packing 2, 125, 127, 170

110

111mathematical challenge 110, 116

112

113nests 111, 119, 128, 130

114

115planes of symmetry 114

116

117tetrahedral clusters 116, 118, 128

118

119vector equilibrium and sphere packing 109, 122

120

121Complementarity 140, 168, 190, 191, 302

122

123Complementarity

124

125complementary quanta

126

127A- and B-modules 205, 208

128

129concave-convex, tension-compression, and other pairs 32, 143, 191, 259

130

131fundamental complementarity in physics 190, 205

132

133inherent complementarity of Universe 141, 168, 189, 190

134

135of octahedron and tetrahedron 140, 149, 191

136

137Compression 2

138

139Consciousness

140

141defined by Fuller 12, 13

142

143Constant relative abundance 2

144

1452 faces, 3 edges per vertex (less poles) in triangulated polyhedra 49

146

147faces=2 times number of vertices minus 2 in triangulated systems 48

148

149of ’dimensions’ (topological elements) 81

150

151Cookies 93, 138

152

153Coordinate system 71, 104, 218, 254

154

155Coordinate system

156

157Cartesian 77, 78, 79, 95, 139, 145, 149, 164, 168, 222, 225

158

159origin 36, 71, 149

160

161origins, historical 15

162

163spherical 78

164

165Copernicus 77

166

167Cosmic hierarchy 10, 152, 167, 175, 176, 177, 229, 293

168

169Cosmic Railroad Tracks 2

170

171Coupler 2, 213, 214, 215, 302

172

173Cube 2, 43, 44, 45, 47, 50, 224

174

175Cube

176

177employment as basic unit of mathematics 8, 9, 15, 22, 23, 77, 80, 168, 190, 202

178

179ghost 9, 75, 153

180

181inherent tetrahedron in 50, 64, 65, 145, 146, 154, 190, 197

182

183instability of 64, 65, 115, 133, 143, 145, 149, 154, 155, 190

184

185tetrahedral volume of 162

186

187used as unit of volume 153, 154, 162, 168

188

189weightless 75

190

191Cuboctahedron 2, 37, 53, 54, 55, 56, 97, 99

192

193Cuboctahedron

194

195duality of 56

196

197twist 97

198

199Degrees of freedom 2, 101, 123, 241, 283, 302

200

201Degrees of freedom

202

203conventional treatment 103

204

205freedom of motion in sphere packing 118

206

207in space 102, 105

208

209planar analogy 101

210

211tetrahedron and 103

212

213Democritus 63

214

215Descartes, René 82

216

217Design

218

219defined 274

220

221Design science 2, 14, xv, 127, 150, 151, 274, 281, 283

222

223comprehensive thinking 275

224

225design-science revolution 284

226

227Design Science Collection xv, xvi

228

229Dictionary as inventory of experiences 21

230

231Dimension xvi, 44, 71, 76, 302

232

233Dimension

234

235as direction 81

236

237definition of 76

238

239four-dimensional 82, 100, 180, 181, 183

240

241multi-dimensional 76, 136, 138

242

243other applications of 81, 82

244

245three-dimensional 81, 138

246

247Dodecahedron 2

248

249Dodecahedron, pentagonal 44, 45, 47, 49, 53, 180, 189, 192, 227, 230

250

251Dodecahedron, pentagonal

252

253symmetry of 54, 180, 229

254

255Dodecahedron, rhombic 2

256

257Domain 227

258

259Domain

260

261and closepacked spheres 147, 214

262

263and duality 147, 194

264

265defined 147

266

267Duality 2, 53, 192, 224

268

269dual operations 56, 148

270

271dual polyhedra 49, 54, 180, 225

272

273IVM and 144, 146, 148, 193

274

275Dymaxion 37, 303

276

277Dymaxion

278

279Map 70, 279, 281

280

281Eddington, Arthur 8, 36, 158

282

283Edmondson, Amy C. 6, xvi, 267

284

285Einstein 12, 72

286

287Einstein

288

289E= mc š 14

290

291Empire State Building 9

292

293Energy-event

294

295descriptive term to replace ’solid’ 8, 9, 30, 207, 303

296

297discrete energy events 2, 19, 20, 205, 235, 236, 242, 271

298

299’energy-event Universe’ 16, 55, 72, 235, 240, 242

300

301Engineering 150, 183, 252, 269, 270

302

303Entropy xiii, 92

304

305Environment control 278

306

307Equilibrium 2

308

309Euler, Leonhard 46

310

311Euler’s Law 2, 46, 49, 74, 84, 124, 244, 245

312

313Everything I Know video 9, 12, 13, 33, 34, 36, 74, 91, 150, 253, 307

314

315Extinction 275

316

317Finite accounting system 2, 20, 133, 178, 221, 303

318

319Flat-Earth thinking 15, 21, 22, 77, 153, 169, 279

320

321Food system 276, 277, 278, 311

322

323Four planes of symmetry 100, 114, 138, 141, 149, 180

324

325Frequency 120, 241, 303

326

327Frequency

328

329and size 72

330

331and time 73

332

333angle and 73, 78, 90, 98

334

335defined 120

336

337formula to relate frequency and number of spheres 134, 253

338

339higher-frequency polyhedra 143, 157, 164, 196, 198, 249, 252, 254, 271

340

341sphere-packing and 120, 123

342

343vs continuum 73, 250

344

345Fuller Institute 2

346

347Fuller, R. Buckminster (’Bucky’)

348

349Anne Hewlett Fuller 1, xvi

350

351Harvard University 10

352

353Milton MA 2, xvi

354

355United States Navy experience 18, 90, 275

356

357’careers’ as inventor, architect, engineer, philosopher 2

358

359General Dynamics, titanium shell experiment 253

360

361Generalized principle 2, 3, 14, 36, 38, 117, 254, 303, 304

362

363design science as application of 14

364

365eternal not special-case 275

366

367exceptionless 14

368

369God

370

371as unknowable totality of 15

372

373humanity’s wealth 306

374

375invention as novel application of 14, 254, 278

376

377key to humanity’s success 274

378

379of 12 degrees of freedom 283

380

381of 720ř angular takeout 84

382

383of duality 55

384

385of formula of nuclear sphere packings 125

386

387of icosahedron as best sphere approximation 279

388

389of oct-tet space-filling ratio 192, 201

390

391of synergy 15

392

393of triangular-number formula 117

394

395of varying rates of geometric expansion 278

396

397omni-interaccommodative 15, 40, 305

398

399principle of angular topology 2

400

401synergetics as the search for 14

402

403Universe as total web of all 15

404

405Geodesics 2, 241, 245, 246, 250, 251

406

407defined 246

408

409Expo67 U.S. pavilion dome 1

410

411four-frequency icosahedron 86, 251, 255

412

413geodesic breakdowns 255

414

415geodesic dome 2, 3, 6, 68, 70, 250, 252, 254, 270, 274, 278

416

417geodesic dome and frequency 248

418

419geodesic mathematics 4, 246

420

421geodesic polyhedra 84, 242, 245, 250, 254, 271

422

423great-circle chords 250, 256, 278

424

425God, not ’the God’ 12

426

427as ’greater intellectual integrity of eternally regenerative universe’ 63, 274, 304

428

429as ’unknowable totality of generalized principles’ 15

430

431as non-anthropomorphic all-encompassing greater intelligence 274

432

433Golden section 20, 178

434

435Gravity

436

437Fuller anecdotes 3, 263

438

439mass interattraction 14, 36, 218, 259, 263, 283

440

441Great circles 29, 219, 303

442

443Great circles

444

445bowties 232, 242, 244

446

447cosmic railroad tracks 243, 245

448

449definition of 219

450

451Energy paths 240

452

453great-circle arc 220, 235, 247

454

455great-circle patterns 222

456

457icosahedral 226, 238, 244, 248, 249, 271

458

459minimum models 236

460

461shortest path 219, 220, 240, 242, 246

462

463icosahedron as local shunting circuit 243

464

465Greece, ancient 2

466

467geometry of 8, 18, 39, 40, 81, 190, 260

468

469Greek, use in nomenclature 17, 28, 29, 30, 37, 42, 44

470

471Hanging bookshelf 282

472

473Harvard University 10, xvi, xxii, 40, 273

474

475Harvard University

476

477Sever Hall 4

478

479Heisenberg, indeterminism 191

480

481Hexahedron 2, 154, 156

482

483Icosahedron 2, 29, 42, 43, 47, 53

484

485and geodesics 250

486

487jitterbug and 172, 174

488

489net 83

490

491structural system 66

492

493symmetry of 81, 127, 175, 176, 226, 247, 252, 253, 278, 279

494

495volume of 174, 175

496

497’dimpling’ 68, 69, 303

498

499’out-of-phase’ role 175, 176, 178, 182, 189, 192, 229, 231

500

501Icosidodecahedron 53, 54

502

503Impossibles (unempirical constructs) 8

504

505circle, perfect continuous 19

506

507continuum 133

508

509equilibrium, perfect static 173

510

511line, imaginary infinite straight 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 91

512

513plane, continuous infinite 9, 75

514

515point, sizeless 9, 75

516

517solid-things thinking 8, 66, 196, 260, 263, 265, 283

518

519solid, continuous-surface 8, 12, 18, 30, 133, 183

520

521sphere, continuous-surface 19, 86, 108, 250, 252

522

523surface, zero-thickness 25

524

525vs ’demonstrables’ 8, 9, 18, 20, 25, 72, 75, 109, 188

526

527’oneness’ 33

528

529In-Out vs Up-Down 12

530

531Infinity 2, 25

532

533and irrational numbers 18

534

535circle as many-sided polygon 19

536

537sphere as multifaceted polyhedron 19

538

539vertices on sphere surface 86

540

541Ingber, Donald 5, 272

542

543Interprecessing 2, 130, 131, 132

544

545Intertransformabilities 50, 54, 55, 149, 152, 167, 202, 205, 217, 222, 223, 228, 231, 304

546

547Invention 2, 3, 15, xxi, 25, 26, 70, 149, 254, 258, 274

548

549defined 14, 254

550

551gestation rates 277

552

553Invisibles

554

555invisible reality 3, 14, 15, 37, 174, 183, 261, 263, 265, 271, 284

556

557invisible Universe 173, 265

558

559Isotropic vector matrix (IVM) 2, 12, 135, 170, 175, 202, 205, 208, 304

560

561Isotropic vector matrix (IVM)

562

563alternating octahedra and tetrahedra 135, 136, 145, 202

564

565cube and IVM 145, 147, 148

566

567equilibrium 138

568

569frame of reference 148, 152, 153, 155, 164, 167, 175, 176, 178, 183, 187, 192, 193, 195, 197, 201, 217, 231, 243

570

571IVM’ 148, 152, 160, 164, 192

572

573omnisymmetry 137, 138, 145, 150, 175, 176, 195, 202

574

575omnitriangulation 141

576

577square cross-section of IVM 141

578

579VE and IVM 2

580

581IVM 2

582

583Jitterbug

584

585complex of jitterbugs 181, 182

586

587flexible VE model 170, 180

588

589transformation 171, 180, 182, 183, 184, 226, 231, 304

590

591Kenner, Hugh 75

592

593kissing point 214

594

595Klug, Aaron 253

596

597Least common denominator (LCD) 208, 209, 212, 227, 239, 248, 257

598

599Lesser circle 219

600

601Tropic of Cancer 219

602

603Leverage 14, 15, 61

604

605Life 2

606

607Life-support advantage 26, 284

608

609Line 2

610

611chord 279

612

613chord as 252

614

615Euclidean 220

616

617vector as replacement for 9, 41, 74

618

619Local holding patterns 236, 242

620

621Loeb, Arthur L. 2, 4, 6, 11, xvii, xviii, xxi, xxii, 40, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 65, 105, 152, 157, 164, 165, 197, 210, 302

622

623MacCready, Paul

624

625Gossamer Albatross 261

626

627Malthus, Thomas, Malthusian thinking 5, 284

628

629Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 5, 6, 64, 71

630

631Mathematics

632

633defined as science of structure and pattern 64, 71, 75

634

635Mercator projection 279, 280

636

637Metaphysical phenomena

638

639mind, life, thought, equilibrium, generalized principles, pattern integrities 4, 8, 13, 26, 35, 63, 89, 106, 107, 205, 304

640

641Mite 209, 210, 212, 213, 215, 304

642

643Mite

644

645cubes and 211, 213

646

647mirror symmetry of 211, 215

648

649rearrangement of 215, 216

650

651rhombic dodecahedron and 212, 213

652

653More with less (ephemeralization) 261, 284, 285, 303

654

655Mozart 63

656

657Multiplication by division 152, 158, 168, 174, 189, 205, 225

658

659Natural is what nature permits 11

660

661Nature’s coordinate system 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 26, 37, 74, 91, 110, 206, 304

662

663Navy 2

664

665Nests 2, 304

666

667Net, polyhedral 83, 86, 206, 304

668

669Neutral axis 261

670

671Nuclear spheres 2, 109, 112, 119, 214, 215

672

673Nuclear spheres

674

675defined 119

676

677removal of 170, 175

678

679tetrahedron and nuclei 121, 129

680

681VE and nuclei 170

682

683Octahedron 2, 41, 42, 45, 47, 80, 148

684

685closepacked spheres and 114, 115

686

687jitterbug and 172

688

689octahedral cavities 99, 137, 141, 165, 181, 190, 196

690

691octahedral core 159, 176

692

693structural system 145

694

695symmetry of 80, 222

696

697truncated 2

698

699Octant 145, 160, 161, 162, 163, 204, 213

700

701Octet symmetry 2

702

703Octet Truss 3, 68, 70, 137, 149, 150, 190, 211

704

705Operational mathematics 7, 8, 26, 32, 33, 152, 154, 155, 232, 250

706

707Operational mathematics

708

709operational procedure 10, 11, 20, 158, 187, 191, 206

710

711Patents 2

712

713Pattern integrity 59, 61, 104, 305

714

715Pattern integrity

716

717knot 62, 63

718

719life 10, 63

720

721wave 62, 63, 183

722

723Pentagonal dodecahedron 2

724

725Phase changes 2

726

727Philosophy (of Buckminster Fuller) 2, 6, 10, 25, 34, 35, 105, 276, 277, 284

728

729Philosophy (of Buckminster Fuller)

730

731philosophy 274

732

733philosophy and geometry 35, 133, 168, 266

734

735Planes of symmetry 114

736

737Platonic polyhedra 2

738

739Poles of spinnability 47, 49, 124, 221

740

741Polyhedra 2

742

743geodesic (triangulated) 31, 266, 294

744

745irregular 67, 84, 85, 131, 266

746

747regular 31, 45, 46, 57, 97, 141, 220, 266, 294, 305

748

749regular-Platonic ’solids’ 37, 40, 49, 51, 268, 269

750

751semiregular 31, 54, 56, 57, 97, 141, 195, 200, 220, 266, 294

752

753Precession 2, 59, 130, 183, 305

754

755Principle of angular topology 2

756

757Quantum 2, 31, 133, 305

758

759Quantum

760

761discrete quanta 153, 218, 252

762

763edges (six) as one 31, 68, 84, 133

764

765physics 190

766

767units 178

768

769Regular polyhedra 2

770

771Rhombic dodecahedron 2, 31, 54, 55, 56, 146, 147, 154, 163, 164, 179, 231

772

773duality of 193

774

775icosahedron and 146, 179, 180

776

777space-filling property 193, 194, 195, 197

778

779space-filling property 195

780

781spheric 147, 148, 195, 212, 213, 217, 305

782

783volume 163

784

785Rhombic triacontahedron 28, 230, 239

786

787Rhombicuboctahedron 165

788

789Rhombohedron 143, 191, 197

790

791S-module 178, 179, 231

792

793Sadao, Shoji 268, 279

794

795Saint Peter’s Cathedral Dome 258, 260

796

797Schlaefli’s formula 48

798

799Science

800

801definition of 8, 36, 158

802

803Science of spatial complexity 2

804

805Shell, or single-layer, systems 2, 65, 126, 175, 216, 241, 252, 253

806

807Sixness

808

809cosmic 238

810

811six positive-negative linear directions 100, 123, 283

812

813Slenderness ratio 260

814

815Snelson, Kenneth 266

816

817Sodium chloride 36

818

819Solar system as tensegrity 263

820

821Solids 2

822

823geometric 2, 8, 19, 37, 164

824

825phase changes in chemistry 174, 184, 185

826

827Solway, Carl

828

829Carl Solway Gallery 182

830

831Southeast Asian basketry 247

832

833Space

834

835science of spatial complexity 4, 10, 15, 25, 283, 285

836

837self-organization/order inherent in space 10, 11, 25, 30, 64, 91, 93, 101, 114, 127, 163, 168, 179, 187, 201, 244

838

839shape of space (space has shape) 11, 12, 39, 74, 75, 77, 100, 109, 110, 114, 116, 123, 137, 138, 152, 154, 155, 187, 190, 253

840

841spatial constraints 10, 11, 39, 44, 45, 63, 75, 77, 91, 109, 116, 127, 128, 140, 141, 189, 222, 253, 256, 271, 273

842

843Space Structures 11, 51

844

845Space-filling 2

846

847all-space filling 187, 195, 209, 213

848

849complementarity 2, 181

850

851complex 185, 187, 209, 243

852

853cubes 192

854

855domain of sphere 147

856

857filling space with closepacked spheres 116, 242

858

859formula for space filling 192, 197

860

861IVM and 2, 148, 149, 192, 202

862

863octet symmetry 190, 212, 217

864

865rhombohedron 143, 191

866

867space fillers 187, 189, 197, 200, 209, 213, 215, 217

868

869space fillers, other 191

870

871teams 192

872

873truncated octahedron 2, 195, 217

874

875Spaceship Earth 6, 22, 66, 274, 276, 277, 305

876

877Special case 72, 275, 305

878

879Special case

880

881special case system 167

882

883special-case experience 14, 31

884

885Sphere 2

886

887defined 108

888

889frame of reference for polyhedral systems 221

890

891omnisymmetrical form 122, 221, 242

892

893surface area of 19, 236, 250, 278

894

895Spheric 2

896

897Spherical polyhedra 220, 221, 222, 223, 225, 227, 228, 234, 237, 247, 279

898

899Spherical triangles 32, 223, 227, 229, 238, 240, 305

900

901Spherical trigonometry 86, 257, 258

902

903Spin/spinnability 2

904

905Star tetrahedron 223, 238

906

907Stellation

908

909definition of 51

910

911degenerate 55

912

913degenerate stellation 52, 56, 145, 148, 193, 230

914

915Straight line 2

916

917Structural stability 2

918

919necklace 59

920

921prime structural systems 125

922

923stability and jitterbug 170

924

925stability formula 65

926

927triangulation 64, 127, 149, 202, 240, 247, 249, 250, 256, 272

928

929Structure

930

931definition of 66

932

933Sunrise/Sunset

934

935Sunsight/Sunclipse, suggested modern-era terms 22

936

937persistent misnomers evidencing misperceptions 3, 5, 22

938

939Symmetry 2

940

941defined 57, 109, 202

942

943mirror symmetry 57, 203

944

945octet symmetry 216

946

947omnisymmetry 2, 95, 96, 99, 122, 148, 149, 242

948

949planar symmetry 92

950

951polyhedra as symmetry patterns 75, 192

952

953rotational symmetry 121, 176, 181, 189, 211, 221, 223

954

955seven unique axes of symmetry 114, 226, 244

956

957spatial symmetry 2

958

959Synergetics accounting 139

960

961cosmic accounting 205

962

963Synergetics\

964

965Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking 5, 6, xiii, xiv, xviii, xx, xxiii, 27, 32, 36, 53, 76, 79, 81, 103, 110, 119, 186, 195, 210, 220

966

967Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

968

969topology combined with vectorial geometry 74

970

971Loeb’s ’Contribution to Synergetics’ 40, 157, 168, 178, 180, 191, 192, 210

972

973Synergetics2\

974

975Further Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking xiii, xviii, xx, xxiii

976

977Loeb’s ’Addendum’ 178

978

979Synergy 15, 28, 36, 151, 306

980

981Synergy

982

983alloys 36

984

985and synergetics, synergetic-energetic-geometry 37

986

987defined 36

988

989in tensegrity 269

990

991System

992

993definition of 28, 29, 46, 48, 306

994

995Takeout 2

996

997Technology

998

999as pure principle in action 274

1000

1001nature’s self-organization as high technology 15

1002

1003Tensegrity 4, xv, 258, 260, 263, 306

1004

1005Tensegrity

1006

1007interplay of tension and compression in Universe 258, 265, 271, 272

1008

1009models 266

1010

1011pneumatics 271, 272

1012

1013tensile strength 37, 261, 268, 269

1014

1015tension materials 106, 261, 263, 269, 282

1016

1017use of tension in construction 263, 265

1018

1019Tessellations 41, 188, 250

1020

1021Tetrahedron 41, 42, 45, 47, 250

1022

1023Tetrahedron

1024

1025basic unit in Synergetics 31, 41, 156, 158, 159, 184

1026

1027central angle of 145, 146

1028

1029cheese 155

1030

1031inside-out 173

1032

1033isotropic vector matrix and 140

1034

1035jitterbug and 173

1036

1037minimum system of Universe 29, 30, 34, 35, 81, 104, 140, 149, 156, 168, 173, 203, 215, 236

1038

1039perpendicular symmetry of 130, 164, 165

1040

1041rigidity of 150

1042

1043sphere-cluster tetrahedra 2

1044

1045subdivision of tetrahedron 2, 159, 160, 163, 164, 202, 203

1046

1047surface angles of 62, 84

1048

1049tetrahedroning 23, 24, 199

1050

1051truncation of 51, 143

1052

1053unit of volume 153, 156, 162, 168, 174, 215

1054

1055Tetrakaidecahedron (truncated octahedron) 52, 143, 195, 196

1056

1057Three-way grid 2, 247, 256, 272

1058

1059Titanium shell experiment 253

1060

1061Triangles 2

1062

1063equilateral triangles in vector equilibrium 98

1064

1065similar 155, 157

1066

1067stability of 2, 28, 61, 172, 258, 278

1068

1069triangular numbers 117

1070

1071’triangling’ instead of squaring 22, 23, 24

1072

1073Tropic of Cancer 2

1074

1075Truncation 50, 196

1076

1077Truncation

1078

1079definition of 51

1080

1081degenerate 55, 98, 165

1082

1083isotropic vector matrix and 143, 148, 195

1084

1085Truss 2

1086

1087Tune-in-ability 33, 34, 35, 271, 306

1088

1089Twelve degrees of freedom 2

1090

1091Unempirical constructs 2

1092

1093United States Patents

1094

10952,682,235 (1954) 258

1096

10974,377,114 (1983) 282

1098

10992,393,676 (1946) 281

1100

1101Universe 2, 12, 306

1102

1103Universe

1104

1105as ’incredible technology’ 274

1106

1107defined by Fuller 13

1108

1109differences in Universe as modulation of angle and frequency 73

1110

1111product of interaction between principles and energy 14, 40, 66, 173, 274

1112

1113’scenario Universe’ 12, 13, 26, 36, 61, 149, 158

1114

1115’single-frame’ Universe 12, 13

1116

1117’trans-Universe’ vs ’locally operative’ 175

1118

1119Valency 51, 176, 183, 306

1120

1121Valency

1122

1123definition of 32

1124

1125in duality 55, 147, 148

1126

1127’quadrivalent’ 173

1128

1129Valving 206, 211, 306

1130

1131Vector 2

1132

1133and energy events 74, 91, 135, 306

1134

1135and forces 94, 252

1136

1137and interactions 90, 91, 93

1138

1139as replacement for line 2

1140

1141sphere packing and 2

1142

1143topology and 74

1144

1145Vector equilibrium (VE) 2, 306

1146

1147Vector equilibrium (VE)

1148

1149closepacked spheres and 108, 114, 175

1150

1151conceptual vs actual equilibrium 174, 176

1152

1153cuboctahedron as 97

1154

1155equilibrium defined 89

1156

1157equilibrium in nature 263

1158

1159hexagons and equilibrium 95, 96, 97, 101, 108, 111, 112, 114, 180

1160

1161hidden VE inside octahedron 165, 166

1162

1163model of 94

1164

1165space filling and 136, 139, 181, 192, 197

1166

1167tetrahedron and 162

1168

1169time and equilibrium 107

1170

1171Video 2

1172

1173Virus 10, 11, 127, 128, 175, 252, 253, 307, 308

1174

1175Visual literacy 25

1176

1177Volume ratios 152, 153, 158, 159, 167, 174

1178

1179use of volume constant 156, 157

1180

1181volume-to-surface-area ratio 67, 127, 128, 150, 278

1182

1183Wealth 284, 306

1184

1185Wealth

1186

1187generalized principles as humanity’s 14, 82

1188

1189redefined 284

1190

1191Whole numbers 166, 168, 306

1192

1193Whole numbers

1194

1195whole-number relationship 19, 20, 31, 153, 154, 162, 163, 174, 175, 293

1196

1197Whole systems 32, 33, 36, 38, 39, 40, 110, 158, 159, 166, 169, 257, 263, 269, 273, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280, 282, 293, 305, 306

1198

1199Yale University 272

1200

1201Yang, Chen Ning 191

1202

1203Zung, Thomas T.K. 268

1204

1205-ness (conceptionings of space/systems) 2

1206

120790-degreeness 81

1208

1209betweenness 29

1210

1211fourness 55, 81

1212

1213handedness 191

1214

1215insideness/outsideness 29, 35, 104, 215, 293

1216

1217oneness 33

1218

1219somethingness of space 12

1220

1221thingness 13

1222

1223twelveness 241

1224

1225’Dare to be naïve’ 27, 39

1226

1227’Fake bubbles’ 17

1228

1229’Hands-on’ mathematics 3, 26, 119, 217

1230

1231’Impossible’ achievements

1232

1233human flight 261

1234

1235spans exceeding 150 ft. 259

1236

1237’Unity is plural’ 33, 168, 173, 191, 302, 303