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A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller (Back-in-Action books) Kindle Edition

by Amy C. Edmondson (Author), J. Baldwin (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

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Edmondson clarifies Buckminster Fuller's synergetic geometry in conventional language and mathematics and illuminates his effort to employ synergetics as a strategy for human survival. Updated author Preface and new Foreword by J. Baldwin

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002YQ2X5S
Publisher ‏ : ‎ EmergentWorld LLC (December 18, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 18, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4288 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 369 pages

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Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Her work explores teaming – the dynamic forms of collaboration needed in environments characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity. She has also studied the role of psychological safety in teamwork and innovation. Before her academic career, she was Director of Research at Pecos River Learning Centers, where she worked with founder and CEO Larry Wilson to design change programs in large companies. In the early 1980s, she worked as Chief Engineer for architect/inventor Buckminster Fuller, and innovation in the built environment remains an area of enduring interest and passion.

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Ancient One

Informative

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2010

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This book makes Fullers Synergistics much more understandable than Fullers books. Fuller did make some great contributions, especially the geodesic dome but this material is so similar to sacred geometry and I really wonder about the usefulness. I was also disappointed that I did not come away knowing how to describe my world in terms of Fullers dimensional system. Maybe I did not read carefully or maybe I am just not smart enough but I still do not know how to actually apply this to the world around me. I have a degree in engineering and I am good at describing the world in terms of orthogonal coordinates. I found the application of non-orthogonal dimensions confusing. Fuller was so compulsive about using precise language and yet in many ways his language is very imprecise and in some cases just plain stupid. In others he used common words in different ways creating confusion. This is not a fault of the book. I am assume the book presented him accurately.

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Marc Linden

Bucky Explained For the Rest of Us

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2019

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The author is uniquely qualified to clarify Fuller's transcendental Synergetic Geometry. She presents the insights and logic behind Fuller's decades-long discovery of Nature's own coordinating system. Step by step, she leads the reader through a comprehensive review of the basic principles of Synergetics. If you tried reading this 2 volume work with limited success, this book will make Bucky's intuitions, writing style, integrity, and achievements beautifully comprehensible. Keep in mind that this material is pure math. For a non-technical presentation of Fuller's ideas, a book like Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth would be more appropriate.

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Lena Rotenberg

Amy gives us a very good insight into Buckminster Fuller’s life. Thank you.

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2020

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I love the book. Am thankful that Amy Edmondson came into Buckminster Fuller’s life so she could write the book about his life. and thinking.
L. R.

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Nosedive

The heart of R. Buckminster Fuller's thought

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2013

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Synergetics is an incredible work, a nearly exhaustive commitment of Fuller's discovered principles to text. It also is outrageously obscure, difficult to read and use, and mostly ignored for those reasons. This text bridges the gap, and brings many of the jewels of Synergetics within the reach of ordinary mortals. Well-written with the cooperation of Bucky himself, and now mercifully back in print at an accessible price, this is a must-have.

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BBoyz

Wonderfully Digestible Compared to Synergetics

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2014

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I tried to make sense of Synergetics I and II on a few occasions in my life. They have always fascinated me, but I could never really make sense of them. Edmondson's book arranges many of the ideas into a progression that makes many of Fuller's ideas vastly more accessible. It's a one-of-a-kind companion to Synergetics.

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Tim Floto

Buck Explained

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014

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Buckminster Fuller was an amazing man, Architect, Naturalist, Geometer and Philosopher. But... trying to understand his curious use of english and his treastise on Synergetics is more than a challenge. Amy Edmondson has made the art and science of Synergetics quite clear in this very readable volume.

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Midnight

A favorite

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014

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Fuller's books can be a little tough for those not familiar with his rather idiosyncratic usage. Amy Edmomdson fixes that quite well. An indispensable guide to an enigmatic mind whose influence should have been much greater that it was.

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quaker 68

This book is supposed to lend clarity to Buckeys Synergetics ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2017

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This book is supposed to lend clarity to Buckeys Synergetics but I find that it is a difficult read for me. Perhaps someone with a more technical background will find greater clarity of Buckeystown books, bUT for me it is a difficult read.

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