R. Buckminster Fuller: References & Edit History
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Appraisals of Fullerās life and work include Robert W. Marks, The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller (1960, reissued 1973), which contains a detailed explanation of Fullerās Energetic-Synergetic geometry and technical descriptions of Fullerās inventions and structures prior to 1960; John McHale, R. Buckminster Fuller (1962), an evaluation of Fullerās architectural achievements; Sidney Rosen, Wizard of the Dome (1969); Hugh Kenner, Bucky (1973), a biography with emphasis on his thought; Donald W. Robertson, Mindās Eye of Richard Buckminster Fuller (1974, reprinted 1983); Alden Hatch, Buckminster Fuller: At Home in the Universe (1974), a biography stressing his life; Amy C. Edmondson, A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller (1987), an explication of his geometric philosophy; Lloyd Steven Seiden, Buckminster Fullerās Universe (1989), a comprehensive biography; and Martin Pawley, Buckminster Fuller (1990), a general introduction.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Stanford Libraries - R. Buckminster Fuller Collection - About R. Buckminster Fuller. | Nov 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - Inventing Buckminster Fuller. | Oct 02, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller. | Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buckminster Fuller Institute - About Fuller. | Jan 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Inventing Buckminster Fuller. | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - The story of Buckminster FullerĀs radical geodesic dome. | Dec 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - R. Buckminster Fuller. | Oct 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Buckminster Fuller as captain of spaceship Earth. | Aug 30, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: 20th-Century Architecture - Richard Buckminster Fuller. | Sep 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Great American Songbook Foundation - The Andrews Sisters: Queens of the Jukebox. | Jun 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - R. Buckminster Fuller. | Sep 30, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Libraries - R. Buckminster Fuller Collection - About R. Buckminster Fuller. | Jan 20, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lemelson-MIT Program - Biography of Buckminster Fuller. | Jan 22, 2019 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Added "futurist" to the description of Fuller in the first paragraph. | Dec 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Biography of Buckminster Fuller. | Dec 07, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of R. Buckminster Fuller. | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MacTutor History of Mathematics - Biography of Richard Buckminster Fuller. | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Aug 28, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Richard Buckminster Fuller. | Mar 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Max-Planck Institute - Alkali-doped fullerenes. | Oct 24, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Max-Planck Institute - Alkali-doped fullerenes. | Oct 24, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Buckminster Fuller: Thinking out Loud. | Aug 04, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |