1 Dedication

1To the wives with whom God has blessed

2and inspired us

3Anne Hewlett Fuller

4and Afia Khatun Dil

5And to the children with whom God has again blessed and inspired us

6Allegra Fuller Snyder

7and Kamran Anwar Dil

8 Contents

9 Dedication 5

10 Acknowledgements 9

11 1. Prologue

12 by Anwar Dil 11

13 2. Humans in Universe

14 by Buckminster Fuller and Anwar S. Dil 19

15 3. Epilogue

16 by Buckminster Fuller 157

17 4. Appendices

18 I. Selections from Buckminster Fuller’s ‘‘How Little I Know’’ (1966) 161

19 II. Buckminster Fuller’s ‘‘Preparing for a Small One-Town World’’ (1975) 207

20 III. Buckminster Fuller’s ‘‘Mistake Mystique’’ (1977) 215

21 IV. Buckminster Fuller’s ‘‘Integrity’’ (1982) 223

22 Notes 229

23 Index 233