You belong to the universe : Buckminster Fuller and the future / Jonathan Keats.

Main entry:

Keats, Jonathon, author.

Title & Author:

You belong to the universe : Buckminster Fuller and the future / Jonathan Keats.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016

Description:

206 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Guinea pig B: The Buckminster Fuller myth -- How to make the world work: Six visions -- 1. Mobility: The Dymaxion car -- 2. Shelter: The Wichita house -- 3. Education: Two-way TV -- 4. Planning: The Geoscope -- 5. Environment: The dome over Manhattan -- 6. Peace: The World Game -- The random element: The Buckminster Fuller Legacy.

Summary:

A self-professed "comprehensive anticipatory design scientist," the inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was undoubtedly a visionary and his creations often bordered on the realm of science fiction. You Belong to the Universe documents Fuller's six-decade quest to "make the world work for one hundred percent of humanity." Critic and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats sets out to revive Fuller's unconventional practice of comprehensive anticipatory design, placing Fuller's philosophy in a modern context and dispelling much of the mythology surrounding Fuller's life. Keats argues that Fuller's life and ideas, namely doing "the most with the least," are now more relevant than ever as humanity struggles to meet the demands of an exploding world population with finite resources.

ISBN:

9780199338238 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
019933823X (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Architects United States Biography.
Inventors United States Biography.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Inventeurs États-Unis Biographies.
Architects.
Inventors.
United States.

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292346
Call No.: BIB 236609
Status: Available

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