Dr. R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller
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Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller – Bucky as we knew him – was an engineer, inventor, mathematician, philosopher, author, designer, scientist, a “cosmogonist,” and a “new world” thinker. Bucky would call himself a “random element,” other people have called him “an experience,” a visionary, a prophet, the greatest living genius, the Leonardo DaVinci of our time, the Benjamin Franklin of the space age, and “Grandfather to the Universe. Bucky wrote over 35 books, received over 50 honorary doctorate degrees from universities internationally, more than 150 university fellowships, invented and patented over 110 inventions, is the most built architect in the world, and traveled internationally extensively as guest of state and invited lecturer. There is more written about Buckminster Fuller in “Who’s Who” than any other person. Put his name in a “Google” search, and well over 2,500 references will be listed.
“I was born at an extraordinary moment. In 1895, the year I was born, the X-ray was discovered. You could then see what had previously been invisible. When I was 3, the electron was discovered. When I was 7, the first automobile drove into the city of Boston. I was brought up being told that it was inherently impossible for man to fly. When I was 8, the Wright Brothers flew. By the time I was 11, Marconi’s wireless was in practical use to signal SOS. When I was 14, man got to the North Pole. When I was 16, he got to the South Pole.
So impossibles were happening seemingly every day. Evolution is integrating all humanity. We are accelerating together at a tremendous pace.”
Buckminster Fuller was one of the most successful humans in modern history.
Bucky Fuller’s Famous Dymaxion Map
“The Rules…” Precessional Living Making
These are “the rules” to play by if you’re going to be a “player” in the world of “True Wealth” creation. If you’re not, you’re wasting the planet’s resources by being alive…
Not my “rules,” AND I must agree. These are also the guidelines I was given by Bucky to run this Fuller Edutainment project. It has been the most difficult AND rewarding endeavor in my life.
Join me, if you have the guts to do it… It will be the best thing you’ve ever done… You can read Bucky’s rules here. -Randolph Craft
A list of links to discover more about Bucky Fuller:
- The Buckminster Fuller Annual Memorial Lecture Wikipedia
- “The Buckminster Fuller Institute Website”
- The Fuller Edutainment Company
- “Everything I Know” Session, Philly, PA 1975 at Archives at Stanford University Libraries
- Buckminster Fuller and interstellar communication explored: ‘An Unlikely Oracle: R. Buckminster Fuller’
- Buckminster Fuller discussed on The State of Things
- Transcript of “Everything I Know” -(Archived copy at the Internet Archive)
- CBC Archives – clip about United States Pavilion at Expo 67
- Buckminster Fuller Digital Collection at Stanford includes 380 hrs. of streamed audio-visual material from Fuller’s personal archive
- Buckminster Fuller Papers 1200 feet housed at Stanford University Libraries
- Buckminster Fuller: Grandfather Of The Future
- “Bucky and Pick: Two Grand Designers of a World Without War: An Essay-Review of Robert Pickus, To End War, and R. Buckminster Fuller, Utopia or Oblivion“ Has annotated 32-item reference list re RBF.
- A Fuller Explanation Introduction into the Design Revolution
- The “Everything I Know” 42-hour lecture session — video, audio, and full transcripts.
- Information about Fuller’s commemorative postage stamp
- The Buckminster Fuller Institute
- Buckminster Fuller Virtual Institute
- Chris Fearnley’s List of Buckminster Fuller Resources on the Internet
- FAQ — R. Buckminster Fuller
- Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
- Synergetics on the Web
- The Dymaxion house at the Henry Ford museum
- Fuller, R. Buckminster — includes list of books written by and about Fuller
- Buckminster Fuller at Pionniers & Précurseurs. Containing a good bibliography
- Excellent Portrait of RBF in the design magazine ROGER
- Notes to R. Buckminster Fuller’s Work
- R. Buckminster Fuller on PBS
- Bucky Revisited – Reflections on Buckminster Fuller
- WIRED article about Buckminster Fuller
- Wired News Article on the Buckminster stamp
- Build Genius: Zome System
- We are all astronauts. a random design project A website about Buckminster Fullers theories – made by the multimedia studio urbn; interaction.
- Dymaxion Man: The Visions of Buckminster Fuller By Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker (June 9, 2008)
- The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller New York Times article questioning Fuller’s supposed consideration of suicide, (June 15, 2008)
- Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, June 26-Sept 21, 2008
- Wichita House by R. Buckminster Fuller, an overview with slideshow.
- Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom – February 23, 1983
CJ Fearnley’s List of Buckminster Fuller Resources on the Internet
View the author’s home page at http://www.CJFearnley.com/.
Buckminster Fuller in the News
Sites with a General Perspective on The Work of R. Buckminster Fuller
- Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI)
- The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller
- Bucky Fuller FAQ
- Buckminster Fuller Virtual Institute
- Buckminster Fuller; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Buckminster Fuller Quotes; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Fuller, Richard Buckminster
- Fuller (R. Buckminster) Papers
- The Planet’s Friendly Genius – Buckminster Fuller
Fuller’s Writings On-Line
- Synergetics by R. Buckminster Fuller — Full Text On-Line
- Grunch of Giants
- Education Automation
- Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth (BFI Version)
- Buckminster Fuller – Grunch of Giants (pdf document)
- Everything I Know – Video Transcript
- Design Science Decade (Various Documents)
- Guinea Pig B
- The Case for a Domed City
- Tensegrity
Bloggers with themes frequently related to Buckminster Fuller’s Work
- Kirby Urner’s blog: Grain of Sand: Kirby Plays World Game
- Kirby Urner’s blog: Control Room: Operation Spaceship Earth
- Kirby Urner’s blog: On the road with Global Data
- BLOG: Dymaxion World: Between Utopia and Oblivion
- Greg Watson’s blog: 12 Degrees of Freedom
- Joo Hock’s blog: “Bucky’s “University” (aka University of Life)
- Gil Friend’s blog: Strategic Sustainability, and other worthy themes of our time
- Leif Thor’s blog: A Conversation about Structure
- Michael Riversong’s blog
Sites Relating to Synergetics
- A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller by Amy Edmondson — Full Text On-Line
- Synergetics Collaborative
- Synergetics on the Web
- Richard Hawkins Synergetic Geometry
- Robert W. Gray’s Notes to R. Buckminster Fuller’s Work
- Russell Chu’s Hope Page
- George W. Hart — Index
- Waterman Polyhedron
- Flexible Polyhedra
- The Math Forum
- Center for Tetrahedron Studies
- An Introduction to the Energetic-Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller
Sites Relating to Fuller’s Ideas About Human Society
- GENI: A Working Solution to the Worlds Problems ! Global Energy Network International
- World Game Institute
- Critical Path Project
- Whole Systems
- New Civilization Network
- News for a Synergic Earth
- Global Ecovillage Network
- Sonic Bloom
- Design Science University
Sites Relating to Geodesic Domes
- Geodesic Dome Housing Manufacturers – dome housing
- EcoBusiness Links Directory of Geodesic Dome Homes
- Geometrica Inc.
- Professional Dome Plans
- Pacific Dome
- Timberline Geodesics
- Walt’s Dome Page
- Geodesics Unlimited
- The DomeHome Companion Web Site
- American Ingenuity, Inc.
- Astro-Tec Inc.
- Dome Incorporated
- Geodesic Domes and Homes
- Domtec International
- Applied Geodesics, Inc.
- Albata Geodesics
- Energy Structures, Inc.
- Conservatek
- Econ-O-Dome
- Geo Tech Systems. Inc.
- Good Karma Domes
- Lydick’s Domes Unlimited
- SouthEast Domes
- SouthEast Domes
- Pacific Domes
- The Horton Dome
- Kwickset Konstruction Kits Dome Homes
- Natural Spaces Domes
- Natural Habitat Domes
- Worldflower Garden Domes
- Oregon Dome, Inc.
- The Dome Company
- Igla-Desic Structures
- Archway Construction & Consulting
- Project Bio/Home
- Solardome Industries Ltd.
- Domes Northwest
- Temcor
- Megadome Construction Company
- Growing Spaces, Inc.
- markt’s (geodesic) Dome page
- New Age Construction Co.
- Shelter Systems
- Starnet International Corp.
- Common Wealth Solar Svs.
- Starplate Building System
- Dome Corporation Of North America
- Institute for Lightweight Structures
- Geodesic Structures by Steve Miller
- Domeartifacts.com
- J. W. Rich’s and Geodesics NZ
- Starship-Enterprises.Com
- Vector-Edge Dodecahedron Geodesic Dome
- Growing Spaces
- SYNERGETICS, INC.
- Geodome
- Geodesic Domes and Charts of the Heavens
- Autonomous Housing
- Vacono
- FullDome
- RBF Dome NFP
- Desert Domes
- Geodesic Dome Education: An Introduction by William Lauritzen
- How to Build a Geodesic Dome out of Cardboard
- Geodesic Clubhouse
Other Inventions of Bucky Fuller
- Dymaxion Car
- 3d model of the dymaxion car
- Fuller’s Dymaxion House
- Mathematics and Tensegrity
- A Practical Guide to Tensegrity Design
Sites Relating to Fullerene Science
- Fullerenes At Widener
- Kim Allen’s Fullerene Page
- Stony Brook Buckyball Home Page
- Geometry Of Fullerenes
- Fullerene Science Module
- Carbon Cages: LBL Scientists Study Fullerenes
Miscellaneous Sites
- Christopher J. Fearnley
- R. W. Gray
- Kirby Urner
- Bob Burkhardt’s Website
- Mark Somers
- Mark Burginger Main Page
- Qubits
- The Planet’s Friendly Genius – Buckminister Fuller By Mary Bellis
- Tetworld Center for Peace and Global Strategic Gaming
- Pat Salsbury’s “Reality Sculptors” Web Site
- Michael Stutz
- A site about connecting the arts and sciences
- A (Buckminster) Fuller Universe
- The Bucky Fuller Travelling Miracle Medicine Show
- Blaine A. D’Amico’s web site
- Portrait of the Atom as a Force Diagram in Space
- 1946 Fortune Article
- 3D freeCAD
- Compression and Tension are good; Torque’s a Killer.
- Nature’s Structural Elements
- Victor Acevedo
- Polymorf, Inc.
- Living Machines
- Paul Fernhout: Themes: OHS / DKR vs. Design Science
- Buckminster Fuller: Illusive Mutant Artist by Victoria Vesna
- The Design-Science Revolution of R. Buckminster Fuller Outlined And Expanded by Libby Hubbard
- Elser’s Screw
- Waterman Polyhedra: Convex Hulls in the IVM
- biagio di carlo’s Site
- Natural Synergies
- OS 012
- wrmDesign
- Buckminster Fuller’s Tetrascroll: Oklahoma City Museum of Art
- American Masters: Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud
- Buckminster Fuller On PBS
- Buckminster Fuller On PBS
- WNET: Bucky Fuller Dymaxion House
- R. Buckminster Fuller (Bucky)
- R. Buckminster Fuller – The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
- Artist: F: BUCKMINSTER FULLER
- Ask Jeeves: Fuller
- Architecture–Wright and Fuller
- Buckminster Fuller Links
- Bonnie DeVarco Portfolio
- Stafford Beer
- Buckminster Fuller Postage Stamp
- The Fuller Edutainment Company, Inc.
- Ecological Engineering: THE BIO-REMEDIATION BARGE
- Dymax Emergency Shelters
- Alain LOBEL Architect
- EARTHscope
- Nick Consoletti
- R. Buckminster Fuller – The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
- Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient R. Buckminster Fuller
- Buckyball: a C60 molecule
- The Buckyball: An Excruciatingly Researched Report
- What is a geodesic dome – Architecture Glossary
- 3d model of the dymaxion car
- Buckminster Fuller Paraphrased
- Synergetics
- From Platonic bodies to geodesic spheres, fullerenes, and virus
- The Walter O’Malley – Buckminster Fuller Connection
- The geodesic works of Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1948-68 : (the universe as a home of man) Yunn Chii Wong
- World Shelters
- Ocean Wave Energy Converter
- R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, Designer, Architect, Theorist (1895-1983)
- Dipolygonids – Jitterbug Transformers
- Field Structure Theory
- WorldDay
- HexDome
- wholemovement the art and geometry of folding circles by Bradford Hansen-Smith
- The Synergetic Temperament System
- Everything I Know: The historic 42-hour session with Bucky
- Strategic questions
- Koenig Associates, Inc.
- Nanomechanics: Bringing a nanotouch to Biology
- Adrian Rossiter’s Polyhedra Software and Images
- The Ricky Harris Synergetics workshop to boost self esteem, confidence
- Flowerday’s Synetic Structures
- Issue # 6 -November/December 1970 of Mother Earth News article on World Game
- How to Know Your Life Purpose plus How You Can Make a BIG Difference
- BUCKMINSTER FULLER: DESIGNER OF A NEW WORLD 1895-1983
- Doing Life International Inc.
- Project Earth
- The buckymap puzzle
- The Resonance Project Foundation
- Conversations with Bucky
- Leadership By Design: How One Individual Can Change The World
- On Fuller Living
- The geodesic works of Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1948-68: (the universe as a home of man) Authors: Wong, Yunn Chii (PhD thesis)
- Bucky Fuller and his World Game: an Intro to Saving Planets
- Bucky is Back
- Geodesic Help Group
- GEODESIC 3D Collection on Google
- GEODESIC Catalogs 3D Collection on Google
- The R. Buckminster Fuller Collection at Stanford
- World Resources Simulation Center
You can also learn more about R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller at: www.BFI.org
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