Buckminster Fuller facts
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Inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller tried to document his life as completely as possible. Every 15 minutes from 1915 to his death in 1983 he recorded his life in his diary named 'Dymaxion Chronofile'. Ultimately, it contains 14,000 papers and is a staggering 82 metres high.
how did buckminster fuller die?
Buckminster Fuller would sleep 2 hrs a day by taking 30 mins naps every 6 hrs, and was able to fall asleep in 30 seconds.
What is buckminster fuller best known for?
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what did buckminster fuller invent?
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Time Magazine published a list of the "Top 10 College Dropouts." Making the list: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Frank Lloyd Wright, Buckminster Fuller, James Cameron, Mark Zuckerberg, Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Lady Gaga, Tiger Woods
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Buckminster Fuller designed mile wide, geodesic, hovering cities
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Texas actually has a "state molecule", Buckminsterfullerene, which is named after inventor Buckminster Fuller.
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Buckminster Fuller proposed floating domed cities.
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Science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein placed an order for a Dymaxion House designed by Buckminster Fuller but the order never shipped
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There is a carbon compound named Buckminsterfullerene, named after the futurist Buckminster Fuller, for the molecule's resemblance to his idea of a geodesic dome. It is one of the largest objects to have been shown to exhibit wave-particle duality.
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The second president of MENSA, R. Buckminster Fuller, utilized a polyphasic sleep cycle (6hrs/wake:30min/nap) to maximize his productivity. This resulted in 22 thinking-hours a day!
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The EPCOT ride Spaceship Earth was created based off the design of Buckminster Fuller and Ray Bradbury
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The Dymaxion car was a three wheeled car of the future designed by Buckminster Fuller
