Biography

Richard Buckminster Fuller (/ˈfʊlər/; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983)was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, and futurist. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion" house/car, ephemeralization, synergetic, and "tensegrity". He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome. Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres.

Fuller was the second World President of Mensa from 1974 to 1983.

Books by R. Buckminster Fuller

And It Came to Pass - Not to Stay
And It Came to Pass - Not to Stay
2019
Nine Chains to the Moon
Nine Chains to the Moon
2019
I Seem to Be a Verb
I Seem to Be a Verb
2015
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
2015
Buckminster Fuller - Poet of Geometry
Buckminster Fuller - Poet of Geometry
2014
Humans in Universe
Humans in Universe
2013
Guinea Pig B
Guinea Pig B
2004
Only Integrity Is Going to Count
Only Integrity Is Going to Count
2004
Fuller R. Buckminster - Now and Tomorrow
Fuller R. Buckminster - Now and Tomorrow
2001
Bedienungsanleitung für das Raumschiff Erde und andere Schriften
Bedienungsanleitung für das Raumschiff Erde und andere Schriften
1998
Fuller projection Dymaxion air-ocean world
Fuller projection Dymaxion air-ocean world
1992
Is There Enough to Go Around
Is There Enough to Go Around
1991
Synergetics dictionary
Synergetics dictionary
1986
The artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller
The artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller
1985
Artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller-A Comprehensive Collection of His Designs and Drawings
Artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller-A Comprehensive Collection of His Designs and Drawings
1984
Grunch of Giants
Grunch of Giants
1984
Integrity Day
Integrity Day
1983
Tetrascroll
Tetrascroll
1983
The Complete Patented Works of
The Complete Patented Works of R. Buckminster Fuller
1983
Fifty Year Experiment
Fifty Year Experiment
1982
The Critical Path (2 tapes)
The Critical Path (2 tapes)
1982
R. Buckminster Fuller on Education
R. Buckminster Fuller on Education
1979
Synergetics 2
Synergetics 2
1979
Pound, synergy, and the great
Pound, synergy, and the great design
1977
Synergetics / The Parajo Dunes
Synergetics / The Parajo Dunes Tapes
1977
Windfall Poems, 1977
Windfall Poems, 1977
1977
Approaching the Benign Environment (The Franklin lectures in the sciences and humanities)
Approaching the Benign Environment (The Franklin lectures in the sciences and humanities)
1976
Science fact/fiction
Science fact/fiction
1974
Grunch Giants
Grunch Giants
1973
The dymaxion world of Buckminster Fuller
The dymaxion world of Buckminster Fuller
1973
4D time lock
4D time lock
1972
Buckminster Fuller to children of earth
Buckminster Fuller to children of earth
1972
The Buckminster Fuller reader
The Buckminster Fuller reader
1972
Buckminster Fuller at Camberwe
Buckminster Fuller at Camberwell
1971
Nine chains to the moon (A Dou
Nine chains to the moon (A Doubleday anchor book)
1971
No more secondhand God and oth
No more secondhand God and other writings
1971
Utopia or oblivion: the prospects for humanity
Utopia or oblivion: the prospects for humanity
1971
Approaching the Benign Environment
Approaching the Benign Environment
1970
Approaching the benign environ
Approaching the benign environment [by] R. Buckminster Fuller, Eric A. Walker [and] James R. Killian, Jr. Pref. by Taylor Littleton
1970
By R. Buckminster Fuller Opera
By R. Buckminster Fuller Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (1st First Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]
1970
Ideas and Integrities
Ideas and Integrities
1970
Untitled poem on the history of industrialization
Untitled poem on the history of industrialization
1970
50 years of the design science
50 years of the design science revolution and the World Game
1969
Fifty years of the design science revolution and the world game
Fifty years of the design science revolution and the world game
1969
Utopia or Oblivion
Utopia or Oblivion
1969
World game report
World game report
1969
What I am trying to do
What I am trying to do
1968
Designing Environments
Designing Environments
1967
No more seconhand God, and other writings
No more seconhand God, and other writings
1967
Comprehensive thinking
Comprehensive thinking
1965
In the Tuileries Garden
In the Tuileries Garden
1965
Education Automation
Education Automation
1964
Ideas and Integrities, a Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.
Ideas and Integrities, a Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.
1963
NO MORE SECONDHAND GOD AND OTH
NO MORE SECONDHAND GOD AND OTHER WRITINGS BY
1963
The design initiative
The design initiative
1963
The Governor's conference with
The Governor's conference with Buckminster Fuller
1963
Education automation : freeing
Education automation : freeing the scholar to return to his studies;
1962
R. Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller
1962
Untitled epic poem on the history of industrialization
Untitled epic poem on the history of industrialization
1962
Three structures by Buckminste
Three structures by Buckminster Fuller in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
Dymaxion index, bibliography a
Dymaxion index, bibliography and published items regarding dymaxion and Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1927-1953
1953
Dymaxion index, bibliography a
Dymaxion index, bibliography and published items regarding dymaxion items and Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1927-1947
1947
Designing a new industry
Designing a new industry
1946
Better homes for lower incomes
Better homes for lower incomes
1943
Universal architecture
Universal architecture
1932
4 D
4 D
1930
A Twentieth Century Renaissanc
A Twentieth Century Renaissance
Utopia or oblivian
Utopia or oblivian