Fuller, R(ichard) Buckminster
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died July 1, 1983, Los Angeles, Calif.
U.S. inventor, futurist, architect, and author.
The grandnephew of Melville Fuller, he was expelled twice from Harvard University and never completed his college education. Failure in a prefab construction business led him to search for design patterns that would most efficiently use Earth's resources for humanity's greatest good. His innovations included the inexpensive, lightweight, factory-assembled Dymaxion House and the energy-efficient, omnidirectional Dymaxion Car. He developed a vectorial system of geometry that he called "Energetic-Synergetic geometry"; its basic unit is the tetrahedron, which, when combined with octahedrons, forms the most economic space-filling structures. This led Fuller to design the geodesic dome, the only large dome that can be set directly on the ground as a complete structure, and the only practical kind of building that has no limiting dimensions (i.e., beyond which the structural strength must be insufficient).
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Fuller, R(ichard)Buckminster — Fuller, R(ichard) Buckminster. 1895 1983. American architect and inventor who sought to solve practical problems with simple designs that require a minimum of materials and energy. The geodesic dome is his best known invention. * * * … Universalium
Fuller, R(ichard) Buckminster — (12 jul. 1895, Milton, Mass., EE.UU.–1 jul. 1983, Los Ángeles, Cal.). Inventor, futurista, arquitecto y autor estadounidense. Sobrino nieto de Melville Fuller, fue expulsado en dos ocasiones de la Universidad de Harvard y nunca completó su… … Enciclopedia Universal
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Fuller — /fool euhr/, n. 1. George, 1822 84, U.S. painter. 2. Henry B(lake), ( Stanton Page ), 1857 1929, U.S. novelist, poet, and critic. 3. Melville Weston /wes teuhn/, 1833 1910, Chief Justice of the U.S. 1888 1910. 4. R(ichard) Buckminster, 1895 1983 … Universalium
Fuller — Ful•ler [[t]ˈfʊl ər[/t]] n. 1) big R(ichard) Buckminster, 1895–1983, U.S. engineer, designer, and architect 2) big (Sarah) Margaret (Marchioness Ossoli), 1810–50, U.S. author and literary critic … From formal English to slang
Richard — (as used in expressions) Allen, Richard Arkwright, Sir Richard Attlee, Clement (Richard), 1 conde Attlee de Walthamstow Avedon, Richard Ballinger, Richard A(chilles) Barton, Sir Derek H(arold) R(ichard) Bentley, Richard Bonington, Richard Parkes… … Enciclopedia Universal
Buckie — R(ichard) Buckminster Fuller … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
buckminsterfullerene — /ˌbʌkmɪnstəˌfʊləˈrin/ (say .bukminstuh.fooluh reen) noun a molecule of spheroidal structure consisting of 60 carbon atoms arranged as 12 pentagonal and hexagonal interlocking faces. Also, buckyball. {named after R(ichard) Buckminster Fuller,… …
