Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking
- Author
- V. Ferkiss, R. B. Fuller, E. J. Applewhite
- Year
- 1976
- Type
- journal article
- Category
- Sistemas
This is a 1976 review by Victor Ferkiss of R. Buckminster Fuller and E. J. Applewhite's book Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking, which lays out Fuller's holistic, geometry-based approach to structure and design.
This is Victor Ferkiss's review, published in the journal Technology and Culture, of Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking, the 1975 book by R. Buckminster Fuller written in collaboration with E. J. Applewhite. Fuller's book lays out his synergetics: a holistic, geometry-based way of understanding structure and design in nature and human-made systems, developed across his career as an engineer, architect and inventor, best known publicly for the geodesic dome. The review appears in Technology and Culture, volume 17, issue 1, 1976.
Credits: Ferkiss, V., Fuller, R. B., & Applewhite, E. J. (1976). Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking. Technology and Culture, 17(1), 104. http://doi.org/10.2307/3103256
Where to find it
In the book
- Chapter 5, section 046 · Pioneers of Systemic Application in Design
- Chapter 6, section 058 · Structural Coupling: The Co-evolutionary Dance with the Environment
- Chapter 9, section 099 · Towards Conscientious, Liberatory, and Symbiotic Design Practice
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