Sci Guys

128: The Crazy Science of Buckminster Fuller

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Buckminster Fuller was a futurist and inventor with a silly name and a penchant for creating incredible inventions - from cars, to homes, to geodesic domes!

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References & Further Reading


References & Further Reading
  1. https://youtu.be/N1yxFDvqALI
  2. https://www.britannica.com/biography/R-Buckminster-Fuller
  3. https://www.bfi.org/about-fuller/big-ideas/dymaxion-world/dymaxion-map
  4. https://www.britannica.com/technology/geodesic-dome
  5. https://www.wired.com/2016/03/buckminster-fuller-brilliant-crank-lot-teach-silicon-valley/amp
  6. https://amp.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/jul/04/buckminster-fuller-architecture-design
  7. https://library.stanford.edu/spc/manuscripts-division/r-buckminster-fuller-timeline
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/03/obituaries/r-buckminster-fuller-futurist-inventor-dies-at-87.html
  9. https://exhibits.stanford.edu/bucky/feature/what-is-a-geodesic-dome
  10. https://www.bfi.org/about-fuller/big-ideas/geodesic-domes
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