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Amy C. Edmondson
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A Fuller Explanation
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Index
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A | -module,
167,
189-192, 191,
199,
208,
214- 215 | | | defining new framework,
193,
203-205 | | | energy characteristics,
194-195,
198 net,
194, 195 | | | volume,
201-204 | | | see also
Mite,
Valving | | A | lloys,
4,
33,
246,
268 | | | chrome-nickel steel,
34 | | A | ngle types, definition of,
79-81, 81 | | | axial , central, dihedral, surface,
79 | | A | ngular topology,
65-81 (Chapter 6),
69 | | | principle of,
75-77 | | | "720-degree excess,"
77-79 | | | "takeout angle,"
75-79,
264 | | A | rchitecture,
1,
18,
81,
141,
239,
243,
245 | | | housing,
261-262 | | A | vogadro, Amadeo,
125,
127,
143
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B | -module, 167,
189-192, 192,
199,
208,
214, 215 | | | energy characteristics,
194-195,
198,
202-204 | | | net,
194, 195 | | | volume,
201-204 | | see also
Mite,
Valving | | B | icycle wheel,
94, 95,
249-250,
267 | | B | lack Mountain College,
251 | | B | ohr, Niels,
179 | | B | oltzmann, Ludwig,
85 |
| B | ookshelf, see
Hanging bookshelf | | B | owties, see
Great circles | | B | rain-Mind distinction,
13,
259,
269 | | B | uckminster Fuller Institute,
255,
265
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C | arbon atoms | | | carbon fiber,
246-247 | | | diamond versus graphite,
29,
142 | | | general bonding of,
174 | | C | hinese physicists, Tsung Dao Lee and Ning Yang, 179 | | C | losepacked spheres, sphere packing,
9,
18,
100-126 (Chapter 8), 127-128,
132-133,
138, | | |
154,
164,
175,
178,
183,
189,
201,
227 | | | cubic versus hexagonal,
104-105,
106-107 | | | formula for total numbers of spheres,
115-116,
118-119,
238 | | | icosahedron and sphere packing,
117,
118,
159; see also
Shell systems | | | mathematical challenge,
102-106,
108 | | | nests,
103,
107,
111,
115,
120-121 | | | planes of symmetry,
106-107 | | | tetrahedral clusters,
108,
110-114,
120 | | | triangulation,
117 | | | vector equilibrium and sphere packing,
101-102,
103-106,
107,
114-116,
159 | | | see also
Nuclear spheres | | C | omplementarity
131,
178-180 | | | quanta: A- and B-modules,
192,
193-195 | | | concave-convex, tension-compression, and other pairs,
30,
133,
179,
244 | | | fundamental complementarity in physics,
179,
192,
195 | | | inherent complementarity of Universe, 133,
158,
178-179 | | | of octahedron and tetrahedron,
131-132-133,
134-140,
178,
180 | | C | ompression, see
Tensegrity | | C | onsciousness, defined by Fuller, 11-12 | | C | onstant relative abundance,
44,
74 | | C | ookies,
85-86,
130 | | C | oordinate system,
2,
65,
97,
205,
240 | | | Cartesian,
70-71-72,
88,
97,
131,
137,
140,
154,
157,
209-211, | | | origin,
12,
33,
65,
97,
140 | | | spherical,
71-72 | | C | opernicus,
71 | | C | osmic hierarchy,
9,
143,
156-158,
165-166,
216 | | C | osmic Railroad Tracks, see Great Circles | | C | oupler,
199-200-201,
202; see also
Mite | | C | ube,
40, 46,
211 | | | employment as basic unit of mathematics, 7-8, 14,
20-21,
71-73,
144,
157-158,
179,
190 | | | ghost,
8,
65,
144 | | | inherent tetrahedron in,
46,
59-60,
137-138,
145-146,
178,
185 | | | instability of,
59-60,
107,
124,
135,
137,
141,
145,
146,
178 | | | used as unit of volume,
144-145,
152,
158 | | | tetrahedral volume of,
151,
152 | | | see also
Isotropic vector matrix, cube and
IVM;
Mite, cubes and
Mites | | C | uboctahedron,
48-49 | | | duality of,
51 | | | "twist,"
90,
105 | | | see also
Vector equilibrium
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D | egrees of freedom, see
Twelve degrees of freedom | | D | emocritus,
58 | | D | escartes, René,
75 |
| D | esign Science,
1,
13,
118,
142,
258-262,
264,
267,
(Chapter 16) | | | comprehensive thinking,
259-261 | | | design-science revolution,
268-269 | | | see also
Invention | | D | ictionary as inventory of experiences,
19 | | D | imension,
41,
65,
69,
70-75 | | | definition of,
70 | | | four-dimensional,
71-74,
92,
95,
169-172 | | | multidimensional,
127-129,
130 | | | other applications of,
74-75 | | | three-dimensional,
70-74,
130 | | D | odecahedron, see
Pentagonal dodecahedron,
Rhombic dodecahedron | | D | omain,
138,
213-215, | | | and closepacked spheres,
138,
201 | | and duality,
138-139,
181-184 | | D | uality,
45-49,
180,
183,
211 | | | dual operations,
52,
140 | | | dual polyhedra,
45-46,
50,
52,
168,
212 | | | IVM and,
136-139,
181-182 see also
Domain | | D | ymaxion,
34 | | | Map,
64,
263-265 |
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E | ddington, Arthur,
7,
33,
149 | | E | dmondson, Amy C.,
5,
252 | | E | instein,
11,
13 | | E | = Mc ²,
13 | | E | mpire State Building,
8 | | E | nergy-event | | | descriptive term to replace "solid,"
7-8,
27,
195 | | | discrete energy events,
18,
125-126,
193,
222,
228,
256; | | | see also
Finite accounting system | | | "energy-event Universe,"
14,
17,
27,
51,
66,
221,
226-228 | | E | ngineering,
141-142,
237,
253-254 | | E | nvironment control,
63,
262 | | E | quilibrium, | | | see
Vector equilibrium | | E | uler, Leonhard,
42,
43,
62 | | | Euler's Law,
43-45,
77,
116,
230-231 | | E | xtinction,
259 |
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Fake bubbles,"
15-17 | | F | lat-earth thinking,
14,
19-20,
71,
144,
158 | | F | inite accounting system,
18-19,
125-126,
208; see also
Energy-event | | F | ood system,
261-262 | | F | our planes of symmetry,
93,
106,
130,
133,
140,
169 | | F | requency,
65,
112,
227 | | | angle and,
67,
72,
83,
91 | | | versus continuum,
67,
235 | | | formula to relate frequency and number of spheres,
116,
118,
125,
238-239 | | | geodesic domes and,
235-240,
240-243 | | | higher-frequency polyhedra,
135,
136,
148,
155-157,
184,
186-188,
227,
235-237,
256 | | | and size,
66-67 | | | sphere-packing and,
112,
114-117,
125 | | | and time,
67 | | F | uller Institute, | | | see
Buckminster Fuller Institute |
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G | eneral Dynamics, titanium shell experiment,
239 | | G | eneralized principle,
1,
12-13,
33,
35,
110,
116,
180,
188,
240,
259,
262,
263 | | | principle of angular topology, | | | see
Angular topology | | | see also
Principle of design covariables | | G | eodesics,
227,
231,
235-237,
233-257(Chapter 15) | | | four-frequency icosahedron, 77,
78,
237,
240 | | | dome,
1,
5,
63,
236,
239-240,
240-243,
254,
258,
262-263 | | | geodesic mathematics,
3,
232 | | | geodesic polyhedra,
28,
77-78,
227,
231,
236,
240,
256 | | | great-circle chords,
236,
242,
262 | | | variable geodesic patterns,
240-242 | | | see also
Frequency,
Shell systems | | G | od,
11,
14,
59,
258-259 | | G | olden section,
18,
166-
168 | | G | ravity | | | Fuller anecdotes,
2,
247-248 | | | mass interattraction,
13,
33,
204,
245,
249,
267 | | G | reat circles,
26,
206-231 (Chapter 14) | | | bowties,
219-228,
230 | | | cosmic railroad tracks,
228-229,
231 | | | definition of,
206 | | | energy paths,
226-229 | | | great-circle arc,
207,
221,
232-233 | | | great-circle patterns,
209-213 | | | icosahedral,
212-213-
213-217,
224-226-
226-227,
230,
234-235,
255 | | | icosahedron as local shunting circuit,
229 | | | minimum models,
223-224 | | | shortest path,
206-207,
226,
228,
232 | | G | reece, ancient,
7,
36 | | | geometry of,
37,
74,
178,
179 | | | Greek, use in nomenclature,
25, 27,
34,
39 | | | see also
"Pi" |
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H | anging bookshelf,
266-267 | | H | arvard University,
3,
9,
37,
257 Sever Hall,
3 | | " | Hands-on" mathematics,
2,
24 | | H | eisenberg, indeterminism,
179
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