Fuller and his work

1. Buckminster Fuller
Architect and
American writer
(considered one of the greatest minds of the 20th
century)
By Rishi.S. VI C SJPS Chennai

2. Buckminster Fuller

3. •Lived: 12 Jul 1895 - 01 Jul 1983 (age 87)
•Inventions: Geodesic Dome
•Education: Harvard University · Bates
College · Milton Academy
•From 1959 to 1970, Fuller served as a
professor at Southern Illinois University
•A poet and philosopher
• Buckminster Fuller spoke and wrote in a
unique style and said it was important to
describe the world as accurately as
possible.
•Noted for unorthodox ideas on global
issues
Biography

4. Books written by Fuller
Written more than 30 books

5. Known for
Consider the book:
I seem to be a verb
we do all too often think of ourselves as nouns,
grammatically, proper noun. - as something fixed and
permanent,.
Human is a system that is constantly in motion, as in
blood flowing, nerve impulses shooting around, mind
constantly thinking, a form of motion..
So he considers human as a verb.
Coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth",
"Dymaxion" synergetic, and "tensegrity".
Dymaxion (a portmanteau combining “dynamic,”
“maximum,” and “tension”)
Tensegrity- tensional integrity
Grunch of Giants-This book is a modern allegory - of
capitalism.
Allegory-a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

6. Ozone depletion
Untitled Epic Poem on the History of
Industrialization (1962), is written in ranging, free
verse.
the stratosphere liners, -
they are our mutual
all-age, all-sex,
all-race
flesh and blood extensions.
They are us
we are they
and those who destroy them
or falsely employ them
are our enemies
and the enemy of our God
of the quick, -
they who destroy
are the proponents
of friction, freezing,
inertia and death.

7. St. Louis Literary Award
•1976
Royal Gold Medal
•1968
AIA Gold Medal
•1970
•(American Influencer Award)
the geodesic dome

8. An allotrope of carbon, C60 , has been named after him as
buckminsterfullerene . The Buckminsterfullerene
molecule, very closely resembles Fuller's geodesic dome.
The discoverers and the 1996 Nobel prize in chemistry
winners Kroto, Curl, and Smalley gave C60 his name.
Something very rare.
Normally only the discoverer’s name is given.

9. Fuller’s Quotes
God is a verb.
You can't learn less.
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to
be a butterfly.
Do more with less

10. Thank You