| SELECTED IDEAS OF BUCKMINSTER FULLER |
| TETRAHEDRA: GEOMETRY |
| MINIMUM TETRAHEDRA = QUARK MODEL |
Fuller discovered that the minimum shape that will compound with itself to fill all space is an irregular tetrahedron which he called the "MiTe" (minimum tetrahedron). |
And since energy as matter must have some kind of shape, & the minimum "thing" or shape (system) is a tetrahedron, his mite must be what the atomic physicists call a "quark"! |
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All systems must have certain basic properties: |
| 1) Clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation or spin; | |
| 2) Opposite poles (with north either "up" or "down"; | |
| 3) Various volumes or energy contents ( + & - charges); | |
| 4) An inside and an outside. | |
| CG = Center of Gravity |
In addition, tetrahedra have the unique property of being able to easily turn themselves inside out to display eight (8) different faces. |
Therefore, in light of all of the above, it is possible to construct a quark chart listing all the various combinations of the above properties. |
This chart predicts a total of thirty-two (32) basic quarks (8 families, not 6) plus 32 inside-out versions (antiquarks) for a total of 64 quarks. |
| Synergetics | R Buckminster Fuller | sections 400.43, 953.00 & pp.804-6 | 1975 |
| Synergetics II | " | sections 986.422-5 & 1052.360 | 1979 |
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