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Title: Buckminster Fuller's Universe: His Life and Work by Lloyd Steven Sieden, Norman Cousins ISBN: 0-7382-0379-3 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 11 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent source for Bucky's life
Comment: This was the first book I read about Buckminster Fuller. It was a great introduction to the man because a lot of people go right to his written works which can be hard to digest at first because he's just a very intense human being.
Reading this book first enabled me to understand Bucky so when I did move on the Critical Path and Synergetics I knew what I was getting in to. And boy if your ready to go through the mirror to see the truth, you're in for the ride of your life!
Enjoy!
Rating: 5
Summary: New ideas on every page...
Comment: I love to read books that I don't completely understand the first time through. This is certainly one of those books.
Part biography, part scientific dissertation, the author enlightens us on the wonderful and extraordinary life of R. Buckminster Fuller, a true renaissance man.
Many people have never even heard of Buckminster Fuller... but his ideas, inventions and philosophy have touched the lives of everyone on here on 'Spaceship Earth' as he liked to call it.
Just take a trip down to Epcot in Orlando, FL and see a geodesic sphere in real life, one that engineers and construction types said would not stand... its been standing there for almost 20 years now. Or, look down the street to the Contemporary Resort at the Magic Kingdom. Built entirely with modular construction and finished in record time.. a la "Bucky" Fuller.
Certainly this man was a great innovator... but what I was most impressed with was his 'comprensivist' point of view. He always strove to see the big picture of what is happening on Earth as well as the entire Universe around us.
Get this book if you want to open you mind to new ideas and paradigms. It has changed the way I look at many different things now.
Rating: 5
Summary: Relevant read
Comment: "Buckminster Fuller's Universe" is full of information that is very pertinent to current problems in our world today, e.g., providing all people on Space Ship Earth with affordable and environmentally sound food, housing, and transportation. Sieden's passionate but not sentimental description of the obstacles Bucky faced from Corporate America lends to the compelling nature of this book. "Galileo's Daughter" depicted Galileo's genius colliding with the monolithic Church of the sixteenth century, Sieden shows Bucky's genius colliding with plumbers, architects, auto manufacturers, bureaucrats as well as ideals of the capitalist economic system. I was filled with hope by Bucky's continued enthusiasm and creativity even in the face of such huge obstacles. Sieden states that Bucky believed that Earth's problems will be solved by individual thinking and efforts and not by bureaucratic leaders or endeavors. Although, Bucky states governments can thwart or support the education and thinking of its citizens. Sieden's writing is easy to digest even when the subject matter is very complex. Seattle's Intiman Theatre will stage a production of "R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe" June 8 to July 7, 2001. Which goes to show how relevant Bucky is to today's world. I strongly recommend this book for folks concerned about Earth's problems and to hear solutions from one of Earth's geniuses.
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Title: Critical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller ISBN: 0312174918 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 1982 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Bucky Works : Buckminster Fuller's Ideas for Today by J. Baldwin ISBN: 0471198129 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Buckminster Fuller : Anthology for the New Millennium by Thomas T. K. Zung ISBN: 0312266391 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 20 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by R. Buckminster Fuller ISBN: 0525474331 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: March, 1978 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Your Private Sky: R. Buckminster Fuller by R. Buckminster Fuller, Claude Lichtenstein, Joachim Krausse, Museum Fur Gestaltung Zurich, Joachim Kreusse ISBN: 3907044886 Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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