Main entry:

Sieden, Lloyd Steven.

Title & Author:

Buckminster Fuller's universe : an appreciation / Lloyd Steven Sieden ; foreword by Norman Cousins.

Publication:

New York : Plenum Press, ©1989.

Description:

xvii, 511 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-498) and index.
1. Comprehensive heritage -- 2. Experiential education -- 3. Lessons of love, war, and technology -- 4. Years of deterioration -- 5. Emergence from the ashes -- 6. Inventions abound -- 7. Vehicle of the future -- 8. A car is born -- 9. Practical applications -- 10. Searching for perspective -- 11. Expanding the view -- 12. A home at last -- 13. Conscious thought -- 14. Structure emerge -- 15. Expanding globally -- 16. World-game abundance -- 17. Legacy to the future -- Chronology of the life of R. Buckminster Fuller.

Summary:

A sympathetic, even advocatory, account of the life and work of the designer, engineer, and architect, interpreting his creations as visible models of his philosophy. Well illustrated, including diagrams showing the principles of his designs. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0306431785
9780306431784

Subject:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Fuller, Richard Buckminster 1895-1983
Fuller, Richard Buckminster.
Technology.
Engineering.
Technology Philosophy.
Technology and civilization.
Technologie Philosophie.
Technologie et civilisation.
Ingénierie.
Technologie.
engineering.
Design Fuller, R Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983

Holdings:

Location: Library main 48746
Call No.: ID:89-B7786
Status: Available