Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for the New Millennium

Thomas T. K. Zung; Buckminster Fuller

ISBN 10: 0312266391 / ISBN 13: 9780312266394

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 2001

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First edition stated, First printing. Hard cover 8vo. Very Good book in About Fine unclipped DJ in clear cover. Ex-lib w/usual faults, stain page margins at rear, else Fine and unmarked. xviii, 388pp inc. Index. 416 p. Seller Inventory # 041760

Bibliographic Details

Title: Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for the New ...

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine

Edition: First Edition (stated).

Book Type: Ex-Library

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Synopsis:

Buckminster Fuller, inventor, thinker and architect, was one of the best known Americans of the twentieth century. Often compared to Leonardo da Vinci and called "the planet's friendly genius," he was the inventor of the geodesic dome, the man who coined the term "spaceship earth," and an educator without parallel. Yet, most of his books are out of print today.

To remedy this situation, his longtime friend and architectural partner, Thomas Zung, has compiled a Bucky Fuller reader. This anthology consists of chapters selected from twenty of Bucky's many books, each with a new Introduction by such notables as Arthur C. Clarke, Steve Forbes, Calvin Tomkins, Dr. Martin Meyerson, Sir Harold W. Kroto, Arthur L. Loeb, E. J. Applewhite, and others.

Altogether, this book provides an overview of a remarkable intellectual career and the best possible introduction to the man and his thought. Bucky Fuller was one of the most original thinkers and builders that America has ever produced, and this book makes his work available to a new generation at the beginning of a new millennium.

About the Author:

Thomas Tse Kwai Zung was born in Shanghai, China. He was a student of Buckminster Fuller and, with Fuller's Synergistics, Inc., designed the elongated geodesic dome in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1968. He has worked on various geodesic domes, including the Jitterbug sculpture, Tensegrities, the Fly Eye's dome, and Fuller's last invention, the Hang-It-All. Zung is president of Buckminster Fuller, Sadao and Zung, and also serves as a board member of the Buckminster Fuller institute.