BUCKMINSTER FULLER BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS RELEVANT TO FULLER
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapters 1-4 5-11
- BUCKY WORKS: BUCKMINSTER FULLER'S IDEAS FOR TODAY -
- by J. Baldwin, 1996 -
- DEDICATION p v

Fig 0-1

 Pic of Bucky Kneeling Next to Early Suspension Model vi
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
- CREDITS AND COPYRIGHTS viii
- PREFACE x
- A GRAIN OF SALT xi

0-2

 RBF & J Baldwin at Opening Ceremony for New Alchemy Institute's "Pillowdome" Bioshelter, 1982

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CHAPTER 1

 THE MISSION OF GUINEA PIG B 2

A

 Success and Failure

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1-1

 Bucky & Anne Fuller's Marriage Lasted 66 Years 3

B

 Guinea Pig B 5

1-2

 Bucky Swinging from Rope in Restaurant Dome, Woods Hole, MA, USA 6

C

 The Chronofile 8

D

 Wind Sucks 10
 

CHAPTER 2

 THE LIGHTFUL HOUSE 12

A

 Life in 4D

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2-1

 RBF Sketch of Comparison Between Conventional & 12-Deck 4-D "Lightful House" (1927) 13

B

 Ephemeralization 14

2-2

 RBF's Next to First Suspended Wire Wheels Model 15

C

 4D Towers 17

2-3

 Sketch of a Series of 10-Deck Luxury 4-D Homes Overlooking the Sea

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2-4

 Sketch of a Proposed 10-Deck Suspension Bridge 18

D

 The 4D Dymaxion House

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2-5 Model by S Burgess of a 4-D 10-Decker with a Wind Shield being Tested in a Wind Tunnel 19
2-6 Cartoon of People Trying to Build from Scratch their own Car in their Driveway 20
2-7 Painting by Malcolm Wells of a 4-D House Subdivision 22
2-8 Model of 4-d House with Nude Lady on Bed Exhibited at Marshall Field Dept Store, Chicago, IL, USA ('29) 23
2-9 Drawing of Plan, Isometric & Elevation of 4-D House 25

E

 The Dymaxion Mobile Dormitory 26

2-10

 8 Drawings of the Erection Sequence of a Dymaxion Mobile Dorm Intended for use in Russia

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F The Autonomous House 28
G Packaging Toilets 30
H Fog Guns 31
I The Dymaxion Bathroom 32

2-11

 Pic of Lower Section of Dymaxion Bathroom

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J

 Corrugated Cottages 35

2-12

 Pic of a Standard Grain Bin from the Catalog of Butler Manuf Co, Kansas City, MO, USA 35
2-13 Units Assembled from Top Down Using a Mast 36
2-14 Pic of Interior of 20'-Diam DDU "
2-15 DDUs Deployed in Persian Gulf During WWII 37
2-16 Painting Depicting Use of DDUs at Air Force Base (1942) "
2-17 Housing Experiment of R Reines' Integrated Living Systems Using Steel Silo Tops (1996) 38
2-18 External View of Experimental House by M & E Jantzen Using 24'-Diam Steel Silo Tops, IL, USA (1981) 39
2-19 Internal View of Experimental House by M & E Jantzen Using 24'-Diam Steel Silo Tops, IL, USA (1981) "

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 Swords Into Plowshares 40
2-20 36'-Diam Wichita House Weighed 3 Tons & was Assembled by 16 Workers in 2 Days (1946) 41
2-21 Wichita House: Sketch of "Airbarac" Version 43
2-22 Wichita House: Sketch of 4-Deck Hospital Version (4-10-41) "
2-23 Wichita House: Rotating Vent Panels Being Formed at Beech Aircraft, Wichita, KS, USA 44
2-24 Wichita House: Inspecting a Sheet Metal Deck Stamping at Beech Aircraft, Wichita, KS, USA 45
2-25 Wichita House: RBF Flipping a Cowling Gore into Place to Check its Fit 46
2-26 Wichita House: Assembled Cowling "
2-27 Wichita House: Details of Base Mast 47
2-28 Wichita House: Testing the Pullout Resistance of One of the 12 Earth-Anchors "
2-29 Wichita House: Cable Stays being Rigged by Dymaxion Dwelling Machine Co VP C Lacey 49
2-30 Wichita House: Tension Rod Spokes Position the Compression Rings 50
2-31 Wichita House: Structural Cage being Tightened "
2-32 Wichita House: 18'-Diam Vent Cap being Lifted into Position "
2-33 Wichita House: Floor Plan 51
2-34 Wichita House: RBF with Opera Star M Anderson Testing Acoustics 53
2-35 Wichita House: Cutaway View of Model 54
2-36 Wichita House: View of Master Bedroom "
2-37 Wichita House: Detail View of Ovolving Shelves 55
2-38 Wichita House: View of Living Room "

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 The Wichita House Lives On 56
2-39 Wichita House: Close-Up On Wichita Businessman's Property 58
2-40 Wichita House: Floor Being Disassembled 59
2-41 Wichita House: Base Ring Being Disassembled "
2-42 Wichita House: Site Model of a proposed US Air Force Officer Housing Subdivision 60
2-43 Wichita House: View Across Pond on Wichita Businessman's Property "
 

CHAPTER 3

 THE DESIGN SCIENCE REVOLUTION 62
A The Revolution "
B High-Frequency Sleep and Odd Diets 66
C Synergetics 68
3-1 1 Triangle + 1 Triangle = 4 Triangles (a Tetrahedron) "
3-2 5 Regular Polyhedra or Platonic Solids: Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Cube, Dodecahedron & Icosahedron 70
3-3 Triangling vs Squaring (Second Powering) 71
3-4 Tetrahedron can be Used as a Unit of Volume Rather than the Cube "
3-5 Shearing Area & Volume of the Tetrahedron 72
3-6 1 Octahedron Volume = 4 Tetrahedra Volumes "
1 The Octet Truss 73
2 Buckminsterfullerene 74

3-7

 Drawing of a 60-Atom Carbon Molecule "
3 Tensegrity 75

3-8

 Pneumatic Behavior of Tensegrity Systems: Model of a Tensegrity Icosahedron 76

3-9

 The Concept of Frequency as Applied to the Icosahedron 77
4 Dr Ingber's Cells 78

3-10

 a. Symmetrical Tensegrity Model of a Cell 79

3-10

 b. Squished Tensegrity Model of a Cell "

D

 Was Bucky Right? 80
 

CHAPTER 4

 GETTING AROUND 84
4-1 The Dymaxion Icosa-Based Projection Map "

4-2

 RBF's First 4D Transport Sketch (1927) 87
A Dymaxion Plummeting 88
1 Dymaxion Cars "

4-3

 Early Elevation Sketch by RBF 89
4-4 Early Plan Sketch by RBF "
4-5 Pic of First Test Chassis "
4-6 Original Drawing of Dymaxion Logo 91
4-7 Pic of Car #1: Wood Framing 92
4-8 Pic of Car #2: Rear Steering Wheel Details 93
4-9 Pic of Side View of Dymaxion #1: 120 mph, 30 mpg, 11 Passengers (1933) 94
4-10 Pic of Front View of Dymaxion #1: Front Headlight in Ventilation Port, Rooftop Rearview Mirror (1933) 95
4-11 Pic of RBF Standing next to Dymaxion #1 (1933) "
4-12 Car #2: View of Body Panels 96
4-13 Car #1: Interior "
4-14 Car #2: Wheel Loadings Test "
4-15 Car #2: Compared to Conventional Car 97
4-16 Car #2: Aerial View with Rearview Periscope & Engine Air Scoop Visible

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4-17

 Car #3: Side View at Chicago World's Fair (1933) 98
2 The Little Car That Wasn't 99
4-18 Plan Drawing of Proposed Kaiser Car (1943) 100
4-19 Elevation Drawing of Proposed Kaiser Car (1943) 101
4-20 Perspective Drawing of Proposed Kaiser Car (1943) "
4-21 Drawing of 2nd Proposed Kaiser Car (1950) "
3 A Dymaxion Hypercar 102
4-22 4 Sketches by R Cumberford of Proposed Rocky Mountain Institute Hypercar 103
B Ship Yourself  (The Traveling Cartridge) 104

4-23

 5 Sketches of a Proposed Computerized Personal Global Transport System 105
C Rowing Needles 106

4-24

 Pic of RBF in his Patented Rowing Needle (1970) 107
4-25 Geodesic Airolite Boat by P Monfort: Snowshoe 12 108
4-26 Geodesic Airolite Boat by P Monfort: Classic 12 "
D Beam Me a Pizza 109

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