{"product_id":"buckminster-fuller-anthology-for-the-millennium-9780809333172","title":"Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for the Millennium","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas T. K. Zung | Michael A. Keller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the previous edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In order to acquaint a new generation with Fuller, his former architectural partner, Zung, gathers selections [from Fuller's writings] on topics ranging from education and environment to engineering and the Lord's Prayer. Admirers of Fuller--such as actress Valerie Harper, author Arthur C. Clarke, and entrepreneur Steve Forbes--introduce each selection. Zung's anthology traces the development of Fuller's intellectual life and provides an excellent introduction for a new generation to the life and work of this brilliant thinker.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stimulating and provocative. . . . Like a Francis Bacon charting the course for future generations to pursue, Fuller anticipates the need for the 'comprehensive designer, ' who would be a 'synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist, and evolutionary strategist.' Such a [person], he says, would be an initiator of design, able to anticipate all of man's needs and provide new and advanced standards of living for a steadily increasing percentage of the world's population.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088926814359,"sku":"9780809333172","price":2768.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780809333172.webp?v=1785411104","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/buckminster-fuller-anthology-for-the-millennium-9780809333172","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}