# Buckminster Fuller ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2025-08-23_Buckminster_Fuller.jpg|400]] Richard Buckminster Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing more than 30 books and coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion" (from "dynamic maximum tension"), "ephemeralization", "synergy", and "tensegrity". Fuller developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome; carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres. He also served as the second World President of Mensa from 1974 to 1983. Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems and for developing pioneering solutions that reflected his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does "more with less" and thereby improves human lives. His design philosophy was encapsulated in the term "Dymaxion", based on the words "dynamic", "maximum", and "ion". ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Buckminster Fuller]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Buckminster Fuller]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Buckminster Fuller]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->