Nine Chains to the Moon
In 1938, inventor Buckminster Fuller observed that the Earth's population, standing upon each other's shoulders, would form nine complete chains to the Moon. Fuller's striking metaphor illustrates his proposal that imaginative uses of limited resources can result in extraordinary achievements. Hailed by Newsweek as "a guide book and a dream book of the future," this volume offers innovative solutions for improving the quality of life through progressive design.
Inventor and visionary designer Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) dedicated his life to solving problems related to housing, shelter, transportation, education, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty. His best-known invention, the geodesic dome, has been produced more than 300,000 times around the world. Fuller's innovative design philosophy, with its focus on creating technology that "does more with less," continues to inspire designers, architects, scientists, and artists seeking to develop a more sustainable planet.
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Nine Chains to the Moon
In 1938, inventor Buckminster Fuller observed that the Earth's population, standing upon each other's shoulders, would form nine complete chains to the Moon. Fuller's striking metaphor illustrates his proposal that imaginative uses of limited resources can result in extraordinary achievements. Hailed by Newsweek as "a guide book and a dream book of the future," this volume offers innovative solutions for improving the quality of life through progressive design.
Inventor and visionary designer Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) dedicated his life to solving problems related to housing, shelter, transportation, education, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty. His best-known invention, the geodesic dome, has been produced more than 300,000 times around the world. Fuller's innovative design philosophy, with its focus on creating technology that "does more with less," continues to inspire designers, architects, scientists, and artists seeking to develop a more sustainable planet.
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Nine Chains to the Moon

Nine Chains to the Moon

by Buckminster Fuller
Nine Chains to the Moon

Nine Chains to the Moon

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In 1938, inventor Buckminster Fuller observed that the Earth's population, standing upon each other's shoulders, would form nine complete chains to the Moon. Fuller's striking metaphor illustrates his proposal that imaginative uses of limited resources can result in extraordinary achievements. Hailed by Newsweek as "a guide book and a dream book of the future," this volume offers innovative solutions for improving the quality of life through progressive design.
Inventor and visionary designer Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) dedicated his life to solving problems related to housing, shelter, transportation, education, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty. His best-known invention, the geodesic dome, has been produced more than 300,000 times around the world. Fuller's innovative design philosophy, with its focus on creating technology that "does more with less," continues to inspire designers, architects, scientists, and artists seeking to develop a more sustainable planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486843339
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 09/16/2020
Series: Dover Literature: Nonfiction
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

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Inventor and visionary designer Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) dedicated his life to solving problems related to housing, shelter, transportation, education, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty. His best-known invention, the geodesic dome, has been produced more than 300,000 times around the world. Fuller's innovative design philosophy, with its focus on creating technology that "does more with less," continues to inspire designers, architects, scientists, and artists seeking to develop a more sustainable planet.

Table of Contents

An Outline xi

1 Meet Mr. Murphy 1

2 Stomach Rhythms Not All Rhumbas 5

3 'S a House, Darling 9

4 The Phantom Captain 18

5 What Is a House? 30

6 Teleology 43

7 We Call It "Earth" 49

8 "E=Mc2"=Mrs. Murphy's Horse Power 61

9 Dollarability 74

10 Primary Motivations of Man: Fear and Longing 96

11 Genius and Talent 101

12 Patrons of Art: Death and Life 107

13 Span-Spinning from Abstract Thought to Physical Science 118

14 Dogmatic Toll Takers: Detour via the North West Spiral: Triangles and Squares 121

15 The 2000-Year Streamlining of Society 131

16 The Zero Hour 136

17 Baby Industry Is Kidnapped 143

18 Longing Crosses the Sea 150

19 Machinery Follows Longing and Carves a Trend Pattern 157

20 The Warehouse Era 163

21 Not in Vain Did They Die 171

22 Enter Alloy: Exit Rust 177

23 Ford Consolidates the Scientific Emergence 188

24 Accounting Subterfuges of Capital's Bankruptcy 207

25 Indirect Effect of the War: Death of the Warehouse-Commerce City 214

26 Emergence through Emergency 226

27 Trick Balance Sheet 233

28 Ecoballistics: Booms Boomerang 237

29 Speculation: Introducing the Mechanical Stock Exchange 241

30 24 Hour Year Round, World Wide Referendum Service: True Credit Amplification 250

31 The Scientific Segregation of Scarcity and Plenitude 254

32 Universal Language 266

33 Ephemeralization 271

34 Science and Industry "Take Off" as the Boys "Get Down" to Business 275

35 Flimsy Fabric of the Abstract Monopolies 287

36 Throwing in the Patented Sponge 291

37 Scrap-Coup d'État of the Random Element 302

38 Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe 309

39 Scientific Dwelling Service 321

40 The Nine "Chains" 341

41 Jones and the X-ian 345

42 Resolved to Resolve 351

43 Anthem 361

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