One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One
of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * AÂ New York
Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for The
Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine Book of
the Week From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus
Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the
visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and
shaped America’s idea of the future. During his lifetime,
Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of
the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist
best known for the geodesic dome, he enthralled a vast popular
audience, inspired devotion from both the counterculture and the
establishment, and was praised as a modern Leonardo da Vinci. To
his admirers, he exemplified what one man could accomplish by
approaching urgent design problems using a radically unconventional
set of strategies, which he based on a mystical conception of the
universe’s geometry. His views on sustainability, as embodied in
the image of Spaceship Earth, convinced him that it was possible to
provide for all humanity through the efficient use of planetary
resources. From Epcot Center to the molecule named in his honor as
the buckyball, Fuller’s legacy endures to this day, and his
belief in the transformative potential of technology profoundly
influenced the founders of Silicon Valley. Inventor of the Future
is the first authoritative biography to cover all aspects of
Fuller’s career. Drawing on meticulous research, dozens of
interviews, and thousands of unpublished documents, Nevala-Lee has
produced a riveting portrait that transcends the myth of Fuller as
an otherworldly generalist. It reconstructs the true origins of his
most famous inventions, including the Dymaxion Car, the Wichita
House, and the dome itself; his fraught relationships with his
students and collaborators; his interactions with Frank Lloyd
Wright, Isamu Noguchi, Clare Boothe Luce, John Cage, Steve Jobs,
and many others; and his tumultuous private life, in which his
determination to succeed on his own terms came at an immense
personal cost. In an era of accelerating change, Fuller’s example
remains enormously relevant, and his lessons for designers,
activists, and innovators are as powerful and essential as
ever.Â
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