The Dymaxion world of Buckminster Fuller / Robert Marks and R. Buckminster Fuller.

Main entry:

Marks, Robert W., 1907-1993.

Title & Author:

The Dymaxion world of Buckminster Fuller / Robert Marks and R. Buckminster Fuller.

Publication:

Description:

246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
"Slightly revised Anchor Press edition."
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"This book shows the practical applicaitons of the Dymaxion concept to the world of design and industrial production. Here are explanations, diagrams, and photographs of the most important of Fuller's inventions - his Dymaxion car, the Geodesic dome, the Dymaxion bathroom etc. This book gives a clear verbal and pictorial explanation of Fuller's anticipatory design science. It is also a concise history of the development of his ideas, from the early 1920's to the time when Fuller finally gained the international recognition he deserved"--Back cover.

ISBN:

0385018045
9780385018043

Subject:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), b.1895.
Fuller, Richard Buckminster, (1895-1983)
Inventors United States Biography.
Synergetics.
Inventeurs États-Unis Biographies.
Synergétique.
Inventors
Constructies.
Uitvindingen.
United States

Form/genre:

Writings.
Biographies

Added entries:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.

Holdings:

Location: Library photo collection 277713
Call No.: PH2006:0243
Status: Available

Location: Library main 198184
Call No.: NA44.F967.A35 1973
Status: Available

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