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Perfect Symmetry: The Accidental Discovery of a New Form of Carbon
Perfect Symmetry: The Accidental Discovery of a New Form of Carbon
by Jim Baggott
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This book tells the fascinating story of the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, a perfectly symmetrical soccer-ball shaped molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms. This new molecule, one of a large family of carbon cage molecules called "fullerenes... (read more)

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The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball
The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball
by Aldersley Willliams
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The Most Beautiful Molecule "The molecule, buckminsterfullerene, is beautiful physically and intellectually. Its qualities, and even some of its properties, can be appreciated instantly and intuitively by nonscientists. Its uniqueness is bound to lead to... (read more)

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Buckminster Fuller:  Anthology for the New Millennium
Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for the New Millennium
by Thomas T.K. Zung
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In 1928 the American architect Buckminster Fuller put forward a proposal for a lightweight, prefabricated multi-storey apartment tower: the originality of his proposal was that it was sufficiently light to be delivered anywhere in the world by Zeppelin... (read more)

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Cosmography: A Blueprint for the Science & Culture of the Future
Cosmography: A Blueprint for the Science & Culture of the Future
by R Buckminster Fuller
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Written in layman's terms, his last complete work offers Fuller's (1885-1983) own explanations of his revolutionary theories, transcribed and clarified by Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Fuller's adjuvant in writing and editing from 1979 to 1983. Fuller links his... (read more)

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BuckyWorks :Buckminster Fuller's ideas for today
BuckyWorks :Buckminster Fuller's ideas for today
by J Baldwin
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"His alternative to politics was radical and deeply subversive. If we are designed like other animals to be a success, then nature must have provided enough of everything needed for all to live a healthy existence. People living well would have little... (read more)

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And It Came To Pass- Not To Stay
And It Came To Pass- Not To Stay
by R. Buckminster Fuller
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How little I know.--Complexion 1976.--What I am trying to do.--A definition of evolution.--"And it came to pass" (not to stay).--Soft revolution.--Ethics.... (read more)

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