Buckminster Fuller: Perbedaan antara revisi

Buckminster Fuller adalah presiden kedua di [[Mensa]] dari tahun 1974 hingga 1983.<ref>{{cite book | title=Mensa: The Society for the Highly Intelligent | pages=299, 304 | author=Serebriakoff, Victor | publisher=Stein and Day | year=1986 | isbn=0-8128-3091-1 }}</ref>

| publisher =Perseus Books Group | location = New York | isbn =0-7382-0379-3

| language = Inggris

| quote = However, in 1927 his own financial difficulties forced Mr. Hewlett to sell his stock in the company. Within weeks Stockade Building Systems became a subsidiary of Celotex Corporation, whose primary motivation was akin to that of other conventional companies: making a profit. Celotex management took one look at Stockade's financial records and called for a complete overhaul of the company. The first casualty of the transition was Stockade's controversial president [Buckminster Fuller, who was fired].

| publisher =Lars Müller Publishers | isbn =978-3907044889

| language = Inggris

}}</ref> sebelum ulang tahunnya yang keempat. Fuller menganggap bahwa kematian putrinya disebabkan oleh rumah mereka yang lembab dan berangin. Hal ini yang memotivasi Fuller untuk terlibat dalam Stockade Building System, suatu usaha yang bertujuan untuk menyediakan perumahan yang terjangkau dan efisien.<ref name="Sieden-1989-Buckminster-Fuller's-Universe">{{cite book | title=Buckminster Fuller's Universe: His Life and Work| last=Sieden |first=Lloyd Steven |publisher=Perseus Books Group | year=1989 | location = New York |isbn=0-7382-0379-3| language = Inggris }}</ref>

| publisher =Perseus Books Group | location = New York | isbn =0-7382-0379-3

| language = Inggris

| quote = ...during 1927, Bucky found himself unemployed with a new daughter to support as winter was approaching. With no steady income the Fuller family was living beyond its means and falling further and further into debt. Searching for solace and escape, Bucky continued drinking and carousing. He also tended to wander aimlessly through the Chicago streets pondering his situation. It was during one such walk that he ventured down to the shore of Lake Michigan on a particularly cold autumn evening and seriously contemplated swimming out until he was exhausted and ending his life.