Contents
5 THe Future World of Buckminster Fuller
6 Nathan Aaseng
7 Lerner Publications Company • Minneapolis
8 
ATHENS REGIONAL LIBRARY ATHENS, GEORGIA
9 Dedication: For Charts and Mark and the elusive dream of the dome.
10 Copyright © 1986 by Lerner Publications Company
11 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.
12 Manufactured in the United States of America
13 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
14 Aaseng, Nathan.
15 More with less.
16 Bibliography: p. 73
17 Includes index.
18 Summary: A biography of the architect and inventor whose investigations into the principles of nature influenced his designs and helped revolutionize our world.
19 1. Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 —Juvenile literature. [1. Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983. 2. Inventors. 3. Architects] I. Title.
20 TA140.F9A65 1986 620'.0092'4 [B] [92] 86-62
21 ISBN 0-8225-0498-7 (lib. bdg.)
22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86
23 CONTENTS
24 Introduction: Untaught Answers 7
25 Chapter 1: The Shaping of Things to Come 13
26 Out of Fbcus 13
27 Surviving the Schools 16
28 Looking for a Better Way 20
29 Bubbles and The Secrets of the Universe 23
30 Tragedy, or, Design Science 26
32 The Brink of Suicide 32
33 Chapter 2: Domes 35
34 Battling an Old Energy—Tradition 35
35 The Geodesic Dome 44
37 Chapter 3: Ideas to Save the World 58
38 Machines to Make Us Rich 58
39 Energy Slaves 60
40 Domed Cities and Floating Pyramids 62
41 Spaceship Earth 64
42 World Citizen 67
43 Chapter 4: The Man Behind the Ideas 69
44 Bibliography and Resource List 73
45 Index 77
48 Above: A close-up view of the fantastic structure of a geodesic dome.