Buckminster Fuller (Design Heroes Series) [Hardcover]

Martin Pawley (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Taplinger Publishing Company (May 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080081116X
• ISBN-13: 978-0800811167
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,966,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Short and well illustrated review of Fuller's design work, November 9, 2009

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Jerry Richardson (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buckminster Fuller (Design Heroes Series) (Hardcover)

This book is an early assessment and overview of Fuller's design work taken as a whole. The author, Martin Pawley, knew Fuller but was not an acolyte; his treatment of Fuller is fair but critical. At the beginning of the book Pawley relates a not so friendly encounter which shows Fuller's known genius for technological prognostication and extrapolation and is a great story. Pawley was one of the first people to point out that Fuller's narrative of his early career did not match up with Fuller's own Chronofile-a compendious record of his life and achievements. After reading this book I recommend reading _Becoming Bucky Fuller_. Several academic careers will be made assessing Fuller's place in his own time and several more assessing the applications of his ideas in the present and future.