Inventions: The Patented Works of R. Buckminster Fuller [B0318]

1983 1st PB edition in very good condition, 11.5x9-inches, 316-pages. Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (1895-1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. From the back of the book: "In 1927 Bucky Fuller was a total failure, a college dropout, penniless, unable to support his wife and newborn daughter, a man on the verge of suicide. Standing on the edge of Lake Michigan, he underwent a profound religious experience that was to shape the course of his activity for the next fifty years. Committing "ego-cide," he turned away from efforts aimed only at his own personal advantage and dedicated his life to doing what needed to be done for the advantage of all humanity. By not preaching to mankind but inventing solutions to mankind's problems-solutions that could be implemented in concrete artifacts that would change the way people lived rather than their opinions-Fuller entered on a half-century experiment (which he nicknamed "Guinea Pig B"). He chose to see what "the little man," the single individual, could do alone-without the backing of big business, governments, or religious establishments-to help solve the problems that confront humanity today. This book of Fuller's twenty-eight patented inventions stands as a resounding affirmation of what an individual, relying on his own initiative and integrity, can accomplish against overwhelming odds, even in today's mass society."