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Buckminster Fuller

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Buckminster Fuller

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Richard Buckminster Fuller (English: Richard Buckminster Fuller, July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983), American philosopher, architect and inventor. He obtained a patent for the Dymexon projection method in 1946. Fuller published over 30 books, invented and popularized the vocabulary, and he also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, most notably the lattice dome. Fullerene is also named after its shape, which resembles a fuller spherical roof.

Category
Artists
Nationality
United States
Born
1895-07-12
Died
1983-07-01
Wikidata
Q102289
Occupations architectinventorwriterdiaristuniversity teacherthe scientistpoetartistvisual artistphilosopherdesignermathematician
Aliases R. Buckminster FullerFullerbuckminster fullerbuckminster fullerbuckminster fuller

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