Contents

Contents

1 WIZARD of the DOME

2 R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Designer for the Future

3 by SIDNEY ROSEN

4 4.95

5 WIZARD OF THE DOME R. Buckminster Fuller,

6 Designer for the Future
by Sidney Rosen

7 From Afghanistan to Montreal, from St. Louis to Honolulu, people have seen geodesic domes in spectacular use. But the American genius who created them has become almost a legendary figure instead of a real man living and working today. Here is the inventor himself, a man with the courage of his convictions, who faced a hostile society on his own terms, and won.

8 Buckminster Fuller’s special ‘‘geometry of nature’’ had led him to other products before the dome, such as his Dymaxion houses and cars. It is leading him to others —a design for a whole city beneath a dome, even a world design that is more concerned with people than mechanics. All are described in this book by an author who knows the man and understands the principles of his inventions. Sidney Rosen has told a dramatic, modern success story.

9 The photographic illustrations are used through the courtesy of R. Buckminster Fuller.

10 The diagrams were done by Edmund DeWan.

11 10-219-002

12 SIDNEY ROSEN

13 Sidney Rosen formerly taught at Brandeis and Harvard universities. He is now Professor of Physical Science at the University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

14 In his writing Sidney Rosen has a keen ability to make little known but tremendously important figures come to life. His biographies of scientists are

15Galileo and the Magic Numbers

16Dr. Paracelsus

17The Harmonious World of Johann Kepler

18Wizard of the Dome

19 Jacket Design by Elna Rapp

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22 DYMAXION AIROCEAN WORLD

23 R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER 6 SHOJI SADAO. CARTOGRAPHERS

24HOGES OF ICOSA TRIANGLES EQUAL IO

2563 26’

26T.S06 NAUTICAL MILES

2789$ JET AIRCRAFT HOURS

2814 CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT HOURS

297 SHIP DAYS

30Books by Sidney Rosen

31Galileo and the Magic Numbers

32Doctor Paracelsus

33The Harmonious World of Johann Kepler

34Wizard of the Dome

35 R. Buckminster Fuller, Designer for the Future

36 WIZARD

37 OF THE

38 DOME

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41Buckminster Fuller with a model of a Tensegrity Mast

42Wizard

43 OF THE

44Dome

45 R. Buckminster Fuller, Designer for the Future

46 BY SIDNEY ROSEN

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49BOSTON

50TORONTO

51COPYRIGHT © 1969 BY SIDNEY ROSEN

52ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL MEANS INCLUDING INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS WITHOUT PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER, EXCEPT BY A REVIEWER WHO MAY QUOTE BRIEF PASSAGES IN A REVIEW.

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54FIRST EDITION

55 The author wishes to thank the editors of the Southern Illinois University Press for permission to use quotations from the following publications: No More Secondhand God by R. Buckminster Fuller, Copyright © 1963 by Southern Illinois University Press; and Education Automation by R. Buckminster Fuller, Copyright © 1962 by Southern Illinois University Press.

56 Photos Courtesy R. Buckminster Fuller

57Published simultaneously in Canada
by Little, Brown & Company (Canada) Limited

58PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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