Invisible ArchitectureThe NanoWorld of Buckminster Fuller by Bonnie Goldstein DeVarco |
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Table of ContentsI. Buckminster Fuller - Seeking Nature's Architecture Who is Buckminster Fuller? The Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene Synergetics and the Geometry of the Sphere The Ancient Greeks Polyhedra, the Golden Mean and the Harmony of the Spheres Johannes Kepler Sphere Packing and the Music of the Spheres Durer and da Vinci Perspective and the Geometry of Curves III. Energetic Architecture - Buckminster Fullers Geometry of the Sphere Fullers "Building Blocks" Closest Packed Spheres and Space-Filling Polyhedra as Energy Systems Energizing the Sphere IV. Instrumental Architecture - Energy, Frequency, Music Ephemeral Structures -- Doing More with Less Tensegrity & Resonance -- The Home as an Instrument V. Molecular Architecture - Carbon, Meet Silicon Silicon -- Natural Forms, Ancient Uses Carbon, the Basis of Life Silicon and Carbon -- A Comparison VI. A Model for Nanoscale Architecture - The Archetypal Fullerene Buckminsterfullerene The "Rosetta Stone of Nanoscale Architecture" Parallel Paths -- Viruses and Buckyballs Models for Nanostructures Tensegrity, Buckyballs and DNA VII. Ephemeral Computing - The Architecture of Information Computer Information Storage and Closest Packing of Atoms Quantum Computing, Quantum Consciousness and the Ultra Micro Computer VIII. Growing Global Information Networks - A One Town World Forecasters of the Global Future The World Mind -- Cyberspace Writ Large AFTERWORD
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