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4THe Future World of Buckminster Fuller
5Nathan Aaseng
6Lerner Publications Company • Minneapolis
7
ATHENS REGIONAL LIBRARY ATHENS, GEORGIA
8Dedication: For Charts and Mark and the elusive dream of the dome.
9 Copyright © 1986 by Lerner Publications Company
10 All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without permission in writing from the publisher except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.
11 Manufactured in the United States of America
12 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
13Aaseng, Nathan.
14 More with less.
15 Bibliography: p. 73
16 Includes index.
17 Summary: A biography of the architect and inventor whose investigations into the principles of nature influenced his designs and helped revolutionize our world.
18 1. Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 —Juvenile literature. [1. Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983. 2. Inventors. 3. Architects] I. Title.
19 TA140.F9A65 1986 620’.0092’4 [B] [92] 86-62
20 ISBN 0-8225-0498-7 (lib. bdg.)
211 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86
22CONTENTS
23Introduction: Untaught Answers 7
24Chapter 1: The Shaping of Things to Come 13
25 Out of Fbcus 13
26 Surviving the Schools 16
27 Looking for a Better Way 20
28Bubbles and The Secrets of the Universe 23
29Tragedy, or, Design Science 26
31 The Brink of Suicide 32
32Chapter 2: Domes 35
33 Battling an Old Energy—Tradition 35
34 The Geodesic Dome 44
36Chapter 3: Ideas to Save the World 58
37 Machines to Make Us Rich 58
38 Energy Slaves 60
39 Domed Cities and Floating Pyramids 62
40 Spaceship Earth 64
41 World Citizen 67
42Chapter 4: The Man Behind the Ideas 69
43 Bibliography and Resource List 73
44 Index 77
47Above: A close-up view of the fantastic structure of a geodesic dome.