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The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller

Robert W. Marks and R. Buckminster Fuller

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  • James DysonReported reading
    In Founders episode 200, at about 23:31–24:19, Senra quotes Dyson’s Against the Odds account of obtaining The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller and describes his reading of it. The edition and extent of reading are not identified.
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Summary

Marks and Fuller present an illustrated account of Fuller’s ideas and inventions. Explanations, diagrams and photographs cover such projects as the Dymaxion car, geodesic domes and the Dymaxion bathroom. The book relates these designs to Fuller’s broader approach to using materials and resources, and follows the development of his ideas from the 1920s.

  • SourceThe Dymaxion World — National Agricultural Library record via FAO AGRIS · 1973 Anchor Books record; ISBN 9780385018043; explicitly reproduced back-cover description

Why read it Our view

Inspect concrete Dymaxion product designs and the engineering trade-offs in structures, vehicles and material use.