You Belong to the Universe

Zusatztext Keats emphasizes [Buckminster Fuller's] ideas without ignoring his often controversial accomplishments in a biography that manages to be enthusiastic without descending into hagiography ... Keats's insightful account of this impressive American innovator reveals a man who managed to be 'both corporate and antiestablishment', more pragmatic than concerned with resolving contradictions. Informationen zum Autor Jonathon Keats is a writer, artist and experimental philosopher. He is recently the author of the story collection The Book of the Unknown (Random House), winner of the American Library Association's 2010 Sophie Brody Medal, as well as Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology (2010) and Forged: Why Fakes are the Great Art of Our Age (2013), both published by OUP. Klappentext You Belong to the Universe documents Buckminster Fuller's six-decade quest to make the world work for one hundred percent of humanity. Jonathan Keats sets out to restore Fuller's good name, placing Fuller's philosophy in a modern context. Zusammenfassung You Belong to the Universe documents Buckminster Fuller's six-decade quest to "make the world work for one hundred percent of humanity." Jonathan Keats sets out to restore Fuller's good name, placing Fuller's philosophy in a modern context. Inhaltsverzeichnis GUINEA PIG B The Buckminster Fuller Myth HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD WORK Six Visions I. Mobility: The Dymaxion Car II. Shelter: The Dymaxion House III. Education: Two-Way TV IV. Planning: The Geoscope V. Environment: The Dome Over Manhattan VI. Peace: The World Game THE RANDOM ELEMENT The Buckminster Fuller Legacy

Summary

You Belong to the Universe documents Buckminster Fuller's six-decade quest to "make the world work for one hundred percent of humanity." Jonathan Keats sets out to restore Fuller's good name, placing Fuller's philosophy in a modern context.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathon Keats, Keats Jonathon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2016
• EAN: 9780199338238
• ISBN: 978-0-19-933823-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Fuller, Richard Buckminster, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, SCIENCE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, Biography: science, technology and medicine