Contents

Contents

2 WIZARD of the DOME

3 R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Designer for the Future

4 by SIDNEY ROSEN

5 4.95

6 WIZARD OF THE DOME R. Buckminster Fuller,

7 Designer for the Future
by Sidney Rosen

8 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.

9 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.

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

11 The diagrams were done by Edmund DeWan.

12 10-219-002

13 SIDNEY ROSEN

14 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.

15 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

16 Galileo and the Magic Numbers

17 Dr. Paracelsus

18 The Harmonious World of Johann Kepler

19 Wizard of the Dome

20 Jacket Design by Elna Rapp

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23 DYMAXION AIROCEAN WORLD

24 R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER 6 SHOJI SADAO. CARTOGRAPHERS

25 HOGES OF ICOSA TRIANGLES EQUAL IO

26 63 26'

27 T.S06 NAUTICAL MILES

28 89$ JET AIRCRAFT HOURS

29 14 CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT HOURS

30 7 SHIP DAYS

31 Books by Sidney Rosen

32 Galileo and the Magic Numbers

33 Doctor Paracelsus

34 The Harmonious World of Johann Kepler

35 Wizard of the Dome

36 R. Buckminster Fuller, Designer for the Future

37 WIZARD

38 OF THE

39 DOME

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42Buckminster Fuller with a model of a Tensegrity Mast

43 Wizard

44 OF THE

45 Dome

46 R. Buckminster Fuller, Designer for the Future

47 BY SIDNEY ROSEN

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52 COPYRIGHT © 1969 BY SIDNEY ROSEN

53 ALL 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.

54 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NO. 74-77452

55 FIRST EDITION

56 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.

57 Photos Courtesy R. Buckminster Fuller

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

59 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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