| Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for the Millennium Contributor(s): Zung, Thomas T. K. (Editor), Keller, Michael A. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0809333171 ISBN-13: 9780809333172 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $29.21 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Essays - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - General - Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general) |
| Dewey: 620.009 |
| LCCN: 2014942718 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.65 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Praise for the previous edition: "In order to acquaint a new generation with Fuller, his former architectural partner, Zung, gathers selections from Fuller's writings] on topics ranging from education and environment to engineering and the Lord's Prayer. Admirers of Fuller--such as actress Valerie Harper, author Arthur C. Clarke, and entrepreneur Steve Forbes--introduce each selection. Zung's anthology traces the development of Fuller's intellectual life and provides an excellent introduction for a new generation to the life and work of this brilliant thinker."--Publishers Weekly "Stimulating and provocative. . . . Like a Francis Bacon charting the course for future generations to pursue, Fuller anticipates the need for the 'comprehensive designer, ' who would be a 'synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist, and evolutionary strategist.' Such a person], he says, would be an initiator of design, able to anticipate all of man's needs and provide new and advanced standards of living for a steadily increasing percentage of the world's population."--Chicago Tribune |