Index
1 Abundance: See Scarcity; Sufficiency
2 Access to principles, 112
3 Acoustic ceiling tile, 85
4 Acoustics, 339
5 Adventure Story of Thought, An (Fuller), 191
6 Afghan geodesic dome, 306-309
7 After life analogy, 368-372
8 Air conditioning, 208-209
9 Aircraft: see Aviation
10 Air currents, 246-248
11 Air-Ocean World Town Plan, 123, 124
12 Alcohol consumption, 77-78, 81-82, 87,
13 212
14 Aluminum, 336-341
15 Aluminum Corporation of America, 122
16 America’s Cup parking, 162, 166
17 American Institute of Architects (AIA), 130
18 American Space Photography, xiv
19 American Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
20 Company, 135-137, 199
21 Antarctica, 222
22 Anti-business perspective, 92; see also
23 Corporations
24 Applewhite, Ed, 396-400
25 Apprenticeship (Sherbrooke textile mill), 21-
- 22.
- 25
26 Architecture, 44
27 housing, 129-130
28 tensegrity concept, 102-103
29 See also Housing
30 Armour and Company, 23, 43-44, 72
3132Artifact development strategy, 119 idea and, 258-259 metaphysics and, 291 See also Invention
33 Artillery, 65-66
34 Astor, Vincent, 76-77, 131 flying boat, 77
35 Astrodome, 335-336
36 Athletics, 15-16, 17, 19, 77
37 Atomized water, 200
38 Authority, 14 attitude toward, 14-15 business organization, 159 child rearing, 356-357 education, 27, 29 naval hierarchy, 53, 56-57 scarcity and, 354-355 See also Power structure
39 Auto Show, New York, 156. 182
40 Automobile, 351-352; see also Dymaxion Vehicle
41 Automobile industry, 156-157, 180-189
42 Autonomous black box, 409
43 Autonomous living, 145
44 Aviation
45 air currents, 247-248
46 Burgess-Dunn plane. 162
4748Dymaxion Vehicle and, 154 early, 124
49 individual experience and, 352-353
50 Aviation (coin.)
51 mapping and, 217
5253projections for, 124 streamlining. 147 trade and, 255-256 transportation and, 241-242 World War I, 50-51 World War II, 229, 271-272
54 Balanchine. George, 286 Bali, 78-79
55 Bank moratorium, 158 Bar Harbor flotilla, 47 Bathroom design, 94, 135-137, 194-200, 284
56 Bear Island, 1
57 Beech aircraft, 272-273
58 Behavior, human. 119
59 Bellinger, Pat, 51, 52, 145, 146
60 Bennington College, 331 Bermuda, 75-76 Bernoulli principle, 209 Big Map, 414; see also Dymaxion Map;
61 Mapping
62 Black box, 409
63 Black Mountain College, 309-316, 414 Board of Economic Warfare, 230 Boat construction, 10-11 Boom mast winch, 51, 145 Boston subway system, 17
64 Brain/mind relationship: see Mind/brain relationship
65 Braking system, 195
66 Breakfast food analogy, 105
67 Brezhnev, Leonid, 386
68 Bridgeport, Connecticut, 157-158 British Empire, 254 British navy, 56 Brown, Harvey, 272 Bryn Mawr College, 394 Buckminster, Joseph, 1
69 Burgess, Starling, 162-163, 170, 171 313 Butler Manufacturing Company, 205-208, 211
70 Cage, John, 309, 311 Cambridge, Massachusetts, 17 Campus unrest, 392-393
71 Canon, 65-66
72 Capone, Al, 82
73 Captain of the ship, 56
74 Carbondale, Illinois, 346-347
75 Cartography: see Dymaxion Map; Mapping Categorization, 31
76 Celotex Corporation, 84
77 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 397 Ceramic bathroom fixtures, 136-137 Changing society, 356-358
78 Charles Eliot Norton Chair of Poetry, 203, 347
79 Chicago Institute of Design, 314, 336, 393 Chicago World’s Fair (1933-1934), 173- 174, 175, 319
80 Child rearing, 356-358
81 Chronofile, 70, 398
82 Chrysler, Walter, 182-186
83 Chrysler Airflow, 182
84 Churchill, Winston, 229, 238, 239 Cities
85 Fuller and, 23
86 Nature and, 41
87 See also New York City Climate
88 Earth and, 247
89 migration patterns and, 248-249
90 Cloud Nine structure, 408-409 Communication
91 experience and, 302-303
9293Fuller and, 96 global, 127 naval training, 56-57 radio, 69 technology, 242 telepathic, 72-74, 114, 298 World War II, 229
94 Communism, 190
95 Comprehensive anticipatory design science, 379
96 Comprehensive anticipatory design scientist, xii
97 Comprehensive vs. specialized train- ing/education, 57-58
98 Comprehensivist, xii
99 Comprehensive global perspective, 216-217 Concave/convex, 39-40
100 Connecticut Canada Textile Company, 21
101 Conscious thought: see Thought Conservation: see Ecology; Environment Construction techniques
102103Dymaxion Deployment Unit, 207 environment and, 125 geodesic dome, 321 ten-deck prefabrication, 126-127
104 Control of the seas, 53-56
105 Controlling personality, 93 Copper, 197, 200-202 as bellwether metal, 200-201 more with less trend, 202 recycling pattern, 201-202
106 Cornell University, 260-263
107 Corporations
108 abundance, 376
109 distrust of, 178
110 goedesic dome, 334, 336
111112individual and, 119, 120 motives of, 184-185
113settlement patterns and, 257 technology and, 136-137
114 Cosmic perspective, 226-227
115 Cousins, Norman, vii-ix, 343-344
116 Craftspeople, 371-372
117 Critical Path (Fuller), 403-404, 414
118 Cross Island, 49
119 Cube, 15
120 Cunningham, Merce, 309, 310, 311
121 Curtiss-Wright, 181
122 Dalton School, 189
123 Darwin, Charles, 116-117, 372
124 Davenport, Ralph, 203-204
125 De Forest, Lee, 52
126 De Kooning, Elaine, 309
127 De Kooning, Willem, 309
128 Depression: see Great Depression
129 Design science, 144-145
130 Dial, The, 2
131 Dil, Anwar, 416
132 Dirigible, 127
133 Discipline- in communicating, 68-69
134 Dissemination of the news analogy, 357- 359
135 Distant Early Warning (DEW) line, 327
136 Divide and conquer, 57
137 Divine right of kings, 371
138 Division
139 concerning education, 31 within human society, 31 Dreiser, Theodore, 309 Drop City, 359 Dunham, Katherine, 410 Dunn, James, 162 Dwelling machine, 121 Dymaxion, 132
140 word origin, 131-132
141 Dymaxion Bathroom, 137, 195-200, 284 Dymaxion Car: see Dymaxion Vehicle Dymaxion Corporation, 157
142 Dymaxion Deployment Unit, 205-211 air cooling tendency, 208-209 construction, 207-208 inexpensive dwelling, 209-210 specifications, 207, 209 in World War II, 210-211
143 Dymaxion Equator, 227-228 Dymaxion House, 13, 95, 119, 131-132, 257, 271
144 assembly, 276-277
145146Chicago World’s Fair, 173 construction techniques, 276-279, 321 costs of, 281-282
147Dymaxion Vehicle and, 156 materials for, 275-278 production problems, 282-285 public response to, 282 stock financing, 274-275, 282-283 transportation and, 145, 146 ventilator, 279-280
148 Wichita development, 273-275 Dymaxion Living Machines Company, 274 Dymaxion Map, 9, 204, 213-240, 241-269.
149 260, 378, 385-386
150 Big Map, 414 comprehensiveness of, 233 cosmic perspective, 226-227 distortion and, 223, 225 development and calculation of, 223-225 ecology and, 217-218 environment and, 213-214 and geodesic dome, 226 Geoscope and, 259-269 global perspective, 245-246 global society and, 243
151 Dy maxion Map (cont.) icosahedron, 225 impact of, 257 migration patterns and, 248-251 One-Ocean World version, 243-244 patenting process, 236-237 perspectives of, 243-244 planning applications of, 241 psychological impact of, 244-246 publication of, 235-237 public reception of, 237
152153Spaceship Earth arrangement, 256 Spaceship Earth perspective, 256 transportation and, 246-248 transformation, 223 unique arrangements, 234, 236-237, 241--- 244
154 and weather patterns, 246-247
155 See also Mapping
156 Dymaxion Vehicle, 43, 96, 143-167, 169--- 190
157158accident, 175 appeal of, 147 assembly, 161 aviation, 154 closing the plant, 161, 178, 179 comparison to Airflow, 182-184 effectiveness of individual over bureau-cracy, 184
159final model (Kaiser), 186-189 front-wheel drive, 164 influence of, 180-183 Nature and, 164, 187 origins of, 143-144, 145-146 performance of, 169 power relations and, 144 production of, 158-161, 177-179 public response to, 165-167, 169---170, 172-173
160reason for not being mass produced, 184--- 185
161record breaking, 170 safety and, 175-177 specifications, 169 steering, 164-165, 170, 171 streamlining, 146-148, 171 technology, 152-153, 180
162 Dymaxion Vehicle (cont.) tripod design, 151-152 turbine engine, 171-172 and used cars, 184-185
163 Eagle Boat, 76
164 Eagle Island, 9
165 Earhart, Amelia, 172-173
166 Earning a living, 388-389
167 Earth, xiv
168 Air-Ocean World Town Plan, 122-123
169170Dymaxion Map, 241, 252 mapping, 214-216 motion, 246-247
171perspective on, 231-232, 243-244 triangle, 35-41
172 East St. Louis, Missouri, 410-413
173 Ecology
174175bathroom design, 135, 136 communes, 359
176Dymaxion Map, 217-218 house construction, 128-129 natural resources, 200-201 pollution and, 11
177 Shelter magazine, 139
178 See also Environment
179 Education, 26
180 error and, 38-39
181182experiential geometry, 33-34 experimentation and, 35-41 Fuller’s attitude toward, 26-34, 239-240 individual and, 29-34
183mind/brain relationship, 34-35 power structures and, 57-58 restrictions, 26-27, 29 society and, 32-33
184 Universe and, 38
185 Education Automation (Fuller), 347
186 ‘‘E = MC2 = Mrs. Murphy’s Horsepower,’’ 193
187 Egypt (ancient), 368-370
188 Einstein, Albert, 100, 110, 192-194
189 Element movement, 108-110
190 Elemental knot, 101, 106-107, 110
191 Emergence by emergency, 268, 376 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 2 Empire State Building, 405
192 Energy
193 global energy grid, 383-386
194 pattern integrity concept, 100
195 relativity theory, 193
196 wave patterns, 115
197 World Game, 378-381
198 Energy efficiency analogy, 379-380
199 Energy Slaves, 380-381
200 Energy transmission, 383-386 Energetic/Synergetic Geometry, 25 Environment
201 behavior and, 119
202203construction techniques and, 125 individual and, 127, 354-356 mapping and, 213-214 society and, 32-33 See also Ecology
204 EPCOT Center, 260
205 Ephemeralization, 378
206 Equal Rights Amendment, 3
207 Error, 38-39
208 Essay on the Principle of Population, An, 372
209 Euclidian geometry, 14-15
210 Experimentation, 35-41
211 Expo ’67 (Montreal): See Montreal World’s Fair (1967)
212 Feminism, 2-3; see also Women Fiberglas, 197, 207, 277, 321 Fifty-six-year experiment, xii Fishbein, Morris, 192
213 Fitzgibbon, James, 412
214 Flight
215 Nature and, 148-150
216 turbine engine, 150-151
217 See also Aviation
218 ‘‘Floating City,’’ 405
219 Flying fish, 147
220 Fog gun, 199-200
221 Football, 15-16
222 Forbes-Sempill, William Francis, 174, 175--- 176
223 Ford, Henry, 131, 177, 319, 369
224 Ford, Henry, II, 319
225 Ford Motor Company, 319-323
226 Ford Rotunda Building, 319-320
227 Fortune magazine, 203-204, 228, 373-374 4D Company, 129 4D House, 121-122, 126-132 4D Time Lock (Fuller), 130 ‘‘Foumess,’’ 40 Foumess of Universe, 40, 298-300 Fractions, 26 Free speech movement, 358 Fuller, Alexandra (his daughter) birth of, 71 death of, 77-78, 79, 97 health of, 71-72, 74, 75, 76 telepathic communication, 72, 73, 74 Fuller Snyder, Allegra (his daughter): See ■ Snyder, Allegra Fuller
228 Fuller, Anne (his wife, nee Anne Hewlett), 50, 189, 273-274 contributions of, 93-94, 129, 316-317 courtship of, 44---46 death of, 417 health of, 394-395, 404, 414, 416-417 marital relationship, 67-68, 82, 91, 285 marriage of, 50
229 Fuller, Arthur Buckminster (his grandfather), 2 Fuller, Caroline (his mother), 3, 4, 13, 14, 16, 43, 178
230 Fuller, Richard Buckminster (his father), 1, 3-5, 11-13
231 Fuller, Richard Buckminster, Jr. (Bucky) alcohol and, 75-76, 81-82, 87, 211 apprenticeship of, 21-22 birth of, 1, 4-5 career of, xii childhood of, 5-11 chronology of life of, 419-447 death of, xi, 417 diet, 367-368 education of, 13-19, 22 experiential education of, 25-41 eyesight of, 5-6, 7-8 father’s influence on, 11-13 finances of, 43, 50, 71, 74. 76, 85, 87, 90-91, 94-95, 129, 134-135, 139- 140, 178, 194-195, 203. 314, 317. 331 health of, 367-368. 395-396. 397. 414 income, 317 lecture style, 287-288
232 Fuller, Richard Buckminster, Jr. (cont.) marital relationship, 67-68, 82, 91, 285 marriage of, 50 military experience, 46-52 mysticism, 88 naval career, 67-71 naval training, 57-62 poet, 202-203 sense of smell, 5 suicidal thoughts, 87-88 temper, 82 thinker, 96
233234U.S. Naval Academy and, 52-53, 64-66 vision of, xii-xiii
235 youth of, 43-66
236 Fuller, Leslie (his sister), 4, 5, 7, 20, 43
237 Fuller, Margaret (his great-aunt), 2-3
238 Fuller, Rosamond (his sister), 5
239 Fuller, Thomas, 1-2
240 Fuller, Timothy, 2
241 Fuller, Timothy, Jr., 2
242 Fuller, Wolcott (his brother), 5, 47, 122
243 Fuller Houses, Inc., 274
244 Fuller Research Institute, 317
245 Fullerese, xiii
246 Fyodorov, Eugene, vii-viii
247 Gandhi, Indira, 344-346
248 Gandhi, Mohandas, 93
249 Gaty, Jack, 273, 275, 284
250 General Electric Company, 121
251 Generation gap, 355
252 Geodesic dome, 9, 43, 84, 92, 101, 130, 206, 260, 305-332
253 acoustics of, 339
254 Afghanistan, 306-309
255 air lifted, 326
256 Black Mountain College, 309-316
257 commercial viability, 318
258 construction techniques, 321
259 development of, 305-306
260261development of geometry for, 295-296 financing of, 317
262 Ford Motor Company, 319-323
263 invention of, 313-314
264 Kaiser Hawaiian, 336-340
265 Montreal, 317-318, 360-365
266 paperboard, 323
267 Geodesic dome (cont.) patent for, 318-319 pneumatic, 324 proliferation of, 359 radome, 327-331 reaction to, 334
268269Spruce Goose dome, 340 stadiums, 334-336 tension/compression balance, 312-313 Union Tank Car, 339, 340-341 U.S. government, 324-326 U.S. Pavilion (Moscow), 341-344
270 Geodesics, 305
271 Geometry, 25-26
272273Dymaxion Map, 224 education and, 30-31 experiential geometry, 33-34 mapping and, 219 synergetic geometry, 396 See also Mathematics
274 Geoscope, 259-269, 360, 378 alignment, 261-262 astronomical observations, 262-263 Blackwell’s Island (Roosevelt Island), 267 Cornell University, 260-263 scale, 265-266
275276Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 263-264
277turn inward to expand outward, 264 University of Minnesota, 264-265 United Nations, 267-268 and World Game, 267
278 Germany, 63-64, 202, 228-231
279 Gleaves, Albert, 68, 70, 71, 90
280 Glider, 229-230
281 Global energy grid, 383-386
282 Global society, 242-243; see also World Game
283 Good ideas, 258
284 God
285286individual and, 116 moon landing, 392 mysticism and, 89-90 Nature and, 111 Universe and, 91 See also Religion
287 Graf Zeppelin, 174-175 ‘‘Grandfather of the Universe,’’ 358
288 Great Britain, 53-54, 254
289 Great circles, 219-222
290 Great Depression, 133-134, 138, 155, 156--- 158, 178, 189, 210
291 Greater Intellect, 89-91; see also God
292 Guinea Pig B, xii
293 Crunch of Giants (Fuller), 414
294 Gurdjieff, 141
295 Harvard University, 17-19, 22, 347
296 Hasty Pudding Club, 2
297 Haverford College, 394
298 Hawaiian Symphony Orchestra, 338
299 Hawaiian Village Hotel Dome, 337-340
300 Hayden Stone (investment group), 181
301 Hewlett, Anglesea (Anx, his sister-in-law), 44, 45
302 Hewlett, Anne: see Fuller, Anne
303 Hewlett, James Monroe (his father-in-law), 44, 74, 79-80, 81, 84, 129, 205
304 Hofheinz, Judge Roy, 335, 336
305 Honeymoon, 68
306 ‘‘House on a Pole,’’ 126-127
307 Housework, 13
308 Housing, 271-288
309 airborne, 408-409
310 conservation, 129
311312Dymaxion Deployment Unit, 205-211 floating housing, 405-407 4D House, 121-122, 125-132 geodesic dome, 306
313 Old Man River City, 410-413
314315Stockade Building System, 79-85 transportation and, 256-257 World Game, 388
316 Howe, George, 138
317 How Little I Know (Fuller), 417-418
318 Hughes, Howard, 340
319 Human soul, 105-106
320 IBM, 317
321 ‘‘Ice cream soda clause,’’ 157
322 Icosahedron, 223-224, 225
323 Ideas and Integrities (Fuller), 347
324 Imagination, 300-301
325 Importance of the younger generations, 350- 352
326 Independent thinking, 15
327 India, 344-346 Individual centrality of, xi design science and, 144 education and, 29-34 environment and, 127, 354-356 God and, 116 power of, 119-120 society and, 31-32 technology and, 349-356 thought and, 290
328 Universe and, 115-116, 117 Industrial revolution, 249, 380 Information Age, 92, 347 Intuition (boat), 391 Intuition (book), 398 Invention
329 environment/behavior nexus, 119
330 Nature and, 96-97
331 See also Artifact
332 ‘‘Inventory of World Resources, Human
333 Trends and Needs,’’ 373 Invisible technology, 64-66
334 Japan, 202 Jellyfish, 9 Jet engine: see Turbine engine Jet stilts, 150-152
335 Joe and the red telephone analogy, 112-114 Johnson, Phillip, 139
336 J. P. Morgan and Company, 75
337 Kaiser, Henry J., 185-189, 336
338 Kaiser Aluminum Company, 336-339. 340 Kelly-Springfield Truck Company, 75 Khan, Sardar Mohammad Duad, 308 Khrushchev, Nikita, 341 King, Alexander, 303-304 King, Larry, 415 Kitchen debate, 341 Kitty Foyle (Morley), 207 Knot: see Elemental knot Knot/Rope analogy, 100 Kohler Company, 136 Kuromiya, Kiyoshi, 403, 404
339 Ladle, The, 198
340 La Jolla. California, 399
341 Lawrence, Long Island, New York, 332 Learning experiences---mistakes, 95 Lehigh Building, 134 Levenson brothers, 138 Life, 98
342 Life forms, extraterrestrial, 111
343 Life magazine, 228-230, 235-237 Lindbergh, Charles, 124, 352, 357 Line of supply warfare, 55
344 Lippincott, J. B. (publisher), 191-194 Livingry, 269 Locomobile, 157 Lowell, Lawrence, 130 Luce, Henry, 237-238, 250, 374
345 Machiasport, 49
346 Macmillan Publishing Co., 399-402 ‘‘Make money or make sense,’’ 375 Malthus, Thomas, 372-373 Mapping
347 polyconic projection, 223
348 World War II, 231-232
349350See also Dymaxion Map; Mercator projection
351 Maps
352353distortion, 215-216, 218, 223 for naval navigation, 214
354 perception of the ‘‘enemy,’’ 231-234 problems in creation of global, 214 Marie, Romany, 74, 132, 133, 140, 190 Marine navigation, 214-215
355 Marketing and selling ideas and inventions, 93
356 Marshall Field department store, 131-132 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 286, 328
357 Mass production, 130
358 Mathematics, 25, 26
359360Dymaxion Map, 223 education in, 26-34 Nature and, 204, 305 thought, 297-298 Universe, 40-41 See also Geometry
361 Mercator projection, 214-216, 218, 223, 251
362 Metallurgy, 65-66, 122-123, 200-202
363 Metaphysics artifacts, 291 evolutionary theory, 116 physics and, 98-101, 347 Universe, 97-98
364 Meyerson, Martin, 393-394
365 Migration patterns (human), 248-251, 257 Miller, Marilyn, 20 Milton Academy, 13-14 Milton, Massachusetts, vi Mind/brain relationship
366 education, 34-35 pattern integrity, 114-115 telepathic communication, 73 Miniature Earth, 259 Mistake: see Error Miss Madeira's School, 274 Montreal World’s Fair (1967), 130, 260, 360-365
367 Moon landing, 393
368 Morley, Christopher, 190, 191, 205 Morris, Delyte, 393 Motion
369370Earth, 246-247 thought, 290-291 Universe, 146
371 Multinational corporations, 376 Mysticism, 88
372 Natural technology, 9 Nature
373374childhood experience, 9 cities, 41 construction techniques, 127 Dymaxion Vehicle, 165, 187 education, 33-34 flight, 148-150 foumess, 299 geometry, 25-26 God and, 111 housing, 121-122 invention, 96-97 mathematics, 204, 305 pattern integrity concept, 103 precession, 93-94 streamlining, 146-148 Transcendentalism, 3
375 Naval officers, responsibility and training, 56
376 Naval warfare, 54
377 Navigation, 214-215
378 Nehru, Jawaharlal, 345
379 New Delhi, India, 399
380 Newport News, Virginia, 50
381 New York City, 22-23, 43-44, 74, 76, 132
382 New York Studio School, 377
383 Nine Chains to the Moon (Fuller), 191-192, 194, 204, 347
384 ‘‘Ninety-day wonder,’’ 52
385 Nixon, Richard M., 341, 407
386 Noguchi, Isamu, 132, 133, 155
387 No More Secondhand God (Fuller), 347
388 Nonconformism, 1-2
389 Normal and natural analogy, 352-355
390 Norquist, E. E., 208-209
391 Oar invention, 9-10
392 Obnoxico (fictitious corporation), 374-376
393 Ocean of modem transportation, 241
394 Octet truss, 6-7
395 Old Man River City, 410-413
396 O’Malley, Walter, 334-335
397 Omni-Medium Transport, 153, 154
398 O’Neill, Eugene, 74
399 One-Town-World Map, 204
400 "One-World Island in a One-World Ocean,’’ 224
401 Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
402 (Fuller), 347
403 Osbom, William, 195
404 Outlaws, 62
405 Patents, 80
406 Pattern integrity concept, 101-104, 106-107 analogy for, 112-114 illustrations of, 104-106 intelligent life in the universe, 111-112 life process, 109-110 mind/brain relationship, 114-115
407 Pearson, Philip, 156, 157
408 Peer relations, 14, 15-16, 31
409 Penn, Arthur, 309, 310
410 Penobscot Bay, 1
411 Perky, Scott, 80
412 Phelps Dodge Corporation, 137, 194-200,
413 202, 373
414 Phillips, Kenneth, 44, 45
415 Phone call, first transatlantic, 71
416 Photoelectric cell, 122
417 Physics, 98-101
418 Pierce, Lincoln, 8, 47
419 Pierce Arrow, 181
420 Piracy, 61-62
421 Plane, 14-15
422 Playdome, 332
423 ‘‘Playing the game," 15
424 Plexiglas, 278, 279, 362
425 Plumbing design, 135-137; see also
426 Bathroom design
427 Plumbing industry, 197-199
428 Poetry, 202-203, 347
429 Pole vaulter analogy, 148-150
430 Politicians, 144
431 Politics
432 Fuller and, 268
433 geography and, 252-253
434 impediment of, 386
435 Pollution, II; see also Ecology; Environment
436 Polyconic projection, 223-224
437 Port cities, 251, 254-257
438 Poverty, 16-17
439 Power structure
440 Dymaxion Vehicle, 144
441 education, 57-58
442 individual and, 119-120
443 piracy, 61-62
444 trade and, 253
445 See also Authority
446 Power of thinking, 119-120
447 Precession, 93-94, 95
448 Predictions and time, 194
449 Principles of nature, 33
450 Profit motive, 92
451 Prohibition, 82
452 Prophets, 370
453 Purchase vs. lease of equipment, 180
454 Radar, 211
455 Radicalism, 32, 38, 62
456 Radio transmission, 52, 53
457 naval communication, 69, 70-71
458 Radio transmission (cont.) public skepticism, 114 shortwaves, 73-74 World War II, 232
459 Radome, 328-331
460 Railroad, 251
461 Reality, perceptions of, 290
462 Recycling of resources, 128
463 Redemption, 370
464 Relativity theory, 110, 193
465 Religion, 89-90, 370-371; see also God
466 Resource allocation, 368-374
467 Resources inventory, global, 373-374
468 Reuther, Walter, 272
469 Reverse food analogy, 105-106
470 Ribbed ship construction, 55
471 Rice, John Andrew, 309
472 Richter, Donald, 313, 336-337
473 Rivera, Diego, 172
474 Riverdale, New York, 353
475 Rizzo, Frank, 394
476 ‘‘Roam Home to a Dome,’’ 333-334
477 Robertson, Donald, 318
478 Robin Hood, 8
479 ‘‘Robin Hood consciousness,’’ 11
480 Rock Hall, 44
481 Rolls Royce, 158
482 Roof Structures, 335-336
483 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 172
484 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 139, 157, 181
485 Roosevelt, Theodore, 47 ‘‘Ruling the waves,’’ 53 Rural environment, 354-355 Ruse of Medusa, The, 310-312
486 Russell, Bertrand, 130
487 Russia: see Soviet Union
488 Ryan, General, 183
489 Sadao, Shoji, 360
490 Sailing, 10-11
491 Sailing-ship world, 251
492 Sailing skills, 9-11
493 Sanders, Walter, 186
494 Sanitation, 94, 135-137, 195; see also
495 Bathroom design
496 Scarab Car, 156
497 Scarcity, xi, 368
498 belief system, 356-357
499 Scarcity (cont.)
500 Malthus and, 372-373
501 See also Sufficiency
502 Schlossberg, Edwin, 378
503 Science, 26
504 Secrets of the water-ocean world, 253
505 Self-interference, 100
506 Service-oriented economy, 382
507 Sex role: see Women
508 Shah, Zahir (k. of Afghanistan), 308
509 Shelter: see Housing
510 Shelter magazine, 138-139
511 Sherbrooke, Quebec, 21
512 Shipbuilding, 60
513 early, 60
514 ‘‘Ship comes in,’’ 61
515 Shoriki, Matsutaro, 405, 406
516 Short-term vs. long-term issues, 155
517 Shortwave radio transmission, 73-74; see also Radio transmission
518 Shredded wheat, 80
519 ‘‘Shrinking Earth,’’ 217
520 Siege, 55
521 Sine and cosine, 26
522 Skybreak bubble, 365
523 Slavery, 2
524 Sleep patterns, 132-133
525 Smith, Sir Kingsford, 172
526 Snelson, Kenneth, 315-316
527 Snow, C. P., ix
528 Snyder, Alexandra Fuller (his grand-daughter), 332, 353-354
529 Snyder, Allegra Fuller (his daughter), 93, 140, 143, 189, 273-274, 353 birth of, 85 career of, 286-287, 288 marriage of, 331-332
530 Snyder, Jaime Lawrence (his grandson), 332, 404, 417
531 Snyder, Robert (his son-in-law), 331-332, 404
532 Social clubs, 19
533 Socialism, 92
534 Socialization, 39
535 Society
536537education and, 31, 33 environmentalism and, 32-33 individual and, 31-32
538 ship building, 60
539 Sokolniki Park, 341
540 Southern Illinois University, 263-264, 346, 377, 378, 392-393
541 Soviet Union, vii-viii, 309, 341-344, 386 Spaceship Earth concept, 127, 256 Sparkling sphere of light, 88 Spherical geometry, 296-297, 305 Spherical trigonometry, 26 Stadiums, 334-336
542 Standard Sanitary: see American Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company
543 Stanley, Ray, 351 Stilt walker analogy, 151 Stockade Building System, 79-85, 91-92, 95
544 Stout, Bill, 156 Streamlining, 146-148 Student protests, 392-393 Submarine warfare, 63-64 Sufficiency
545546resource categories, 386-387 technology, 33, 228, 373
547 Suicide, 87-88
548 Sulfur, 11
549 Swarthmore College, 394 Sweater analogy, 107-108 Synergetic geometry, 25 Synergetic Geometry (Fuller), 25-26, 396 Synergetics (Fuller), 26, 396, 397-402, 403 Synergetics Dictionary, 399 Synergetics 2 (Fuller), 26, 402-403 Synergy concept, 103
550551tensegrity, 103-104 trade and, 60-61
552 Taub, Alexander, 189 Technology
553554communication, 242 corporation and, 135-136 Dymaxion Vehicle, 152-153, 169, 180 Geoscope, 266, 268 global society, 242-243 housing, 83, 129 impact of, 120 individual and, 349-356 manufacturing and, 135-136 mapping, 214 natural resources, 201-202
555 Technology (cont.)
556 naval, 54, 55, 64-66
557 radio, 52
558559sanitation, 199 scarcity, 373 sufficiency, 33, 228 turbine engine, 145, 171-172 warfare, 55, 58-62, 217
560 Telepathic communication, 72-74, 114, 298
561562Ten-deck prefabrication techniques, 123, 125-127
563 Tensegrity, 101-103, 316
564565Tension/compression balance, 312-313 Tetrahedron, 299-300
566 Textile weaving machinery, 21
567568‘‘Thinking Out Loud’’ sessions, 96, 289 Thought, 289-304
569 change and, 290-291
570571communication and, 302-304 elements of, 297-298 experience and, 293-294 foumess, 299
572imagination and, 300-301 insideness/outsideness, 296-297 lecture style and, 289-290
573micro-, macro- irrelevant experiences, 293-294
574and past experience, 302-303, 304 relationships, 297-298 retreat and, 294-296
575 as a sorting process, 291-293
576 sphere analogy, 292
577578spherical geometry, 296-297, 305 steps in, 291-293
579 system, 296-297
580 ‘‘Three Hours for Lunch Club,’’ 190, 191
581 Tokyo, Japan, 399
582 Trade
583 aviation and, 255-256
584 power structures and, 253-254
585 by sea, 60
586 synergy and, 60-61
587 Transcendentalism, 3
588 Transportation, 17
589 aviation and, 124-125
590 Dymaxion House and, 143, 146
591592Dymaxion Map and, 241, 247-248 global, 127
593 Transportation (cont.)
594 housing, 257
595 migration patterns and, 251
596 World War II, 231-232
597 Trench warfare, 58-59
598 Trial-and-error experimentation, 35-41
599 Triangle
600 concave/convex and, 39-40
601 spherical, 35-41
602 See also Geometry
603 Triangle in the dirt sequence, 30-41
604 Trigonometry, 27-29
605 Trim tab, xii, 417
606 Trinidad, Colorado, 359
607 Triode tube, 52
608 Tripod design (Dymaxion Vehicle), 151-152
609 Triton City, 406-407
610 Trojan War, 54, 55, 58, 59
611 Trudeau, Pierre, 386
612 Trusting own experience, 88-89
613 T Square (magazine), 137-138
614 Turbine engine
615 development of, 171-172
616 Dymaxion Vehicle, 145, 146
617 flight and, 150-151
618 propulsion, 145
619 Turner (Dymaxion Vehicle driver), 175-176
620 Twain, Mark, 46
621 U-boats, 49
622 Underhill, Gary, 230-231
623 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: see
624 Soviet Union
625 Union Tank Car dome, 340-341
626 United Nations, 265, 267-268
627 Unity is plural, 294
628 U.S. Naval Academy, 52-53, 67
629 U.S.S. Finland, 67
630 U.S.S. George Washington, 70
631 U.S.S. Inca, 50
632 U.S. Steel Corporation, 336
633 U.S.S. Wego, 47-50
634 Universe
635 definition, xv
636 education, 38
637 Einstein, 193
638 foumess of, 40, 298-300
639 God and, 91
640 Universe (cont.)
641642individual and, 115-116, 117 intelligent life in, 106-107, 110-112 mathematics and, 40-41 metaphysics, 97-98
643 motion, 146
644 mysticism, 88
645646pattern integrity concept, 102 relativity theory, 110
647 thought and, 290, 297-298
648 University of California-Berkeley, 358 University of Minnesota, 264, 265 University of Pennsylvania, 393-394 University City Science Center, 394 U Thant, 268
649 Vancouver World’s Fair (1986), 260
650 Vietnam War, 392
651 Vinci, Leonardo da, 93 Vow of silence (1927), 93 Vulnerability of vehicles, 153-154
652 Warfare
653 Dymaxion Map, 248
654655naval power, 54-56, 62, 64-66 technology, 58-62, 217
656 university resources, 394
657 World War II and, 228-231
658 Wargames, xi, 68
659 Warren, Waldo, 131
660 Washington, George, 1
661 Wasserman, William, 282, 283 Waste, 375-376
662 Water conservation, 135
663 Wave patterns, 104, 115
664 Wealth, 90
665 Weir’s Florist, 46
666 Who's Who in America, xii
667 Williams, Al, 174, 176
668 Wilson, Woodrow, 70, 71
669 Winch, 51, 145
670 Windsor Castle, England, 399
671 Wings of a Century, 177
672 Wireless communication: see Radio transmission
673 Wolf, Herman, 272, 274, 282, 285 Women, 3, 67-68, 357-359
674 Wood shavings, 83
675 World Game, 69, 377, 378-383 energy, 379-381 global cooperation, 388-389 housing, 388 initial development, 377-378 management, 391 resource categories, 386-387 resource ownership, 381-383 right to live, 388
676 World Resources Inventory, 201
677 World Series, 76
678 World War I, 46-52
679680copper use, 201 end of, 70
681naval power, 53-54, 56-57, 62-63 technology, 58-59
682 World Warn, 61, 186
683 aircraft production, 271-272
684 Dymaxion Deployment Unit, 210-211
685 housing, 271, 272
686 mapping and, 230-231, 232-233
687 strategy, 227-231
688 Yale-Harvard football game, 77
689 ‘‘You and me,’’ xi
690 ‘‘You or me,’’ xi
691 Youthful perspective, 352-359
692 Yurt (shelter), 308
693 Zoommobile, 143; see also Dymaxion
694 Vehicle