(1885 – 1983) Inventor, engineer and mathematician whose optimism about technology and growth made him a scientific guru of the postwar era. Nimble in combining structures and dynamics (and labeling his projects with catchy names like his Dymaxion corporation), Fuller as inventor was best known for the geodesic dome (patented 1947), which distributes stress artfully and efficiently and which was used in the striking US Pavilion for Montreal’s Expo ’67. He also worked with general systems theory and the applications of science and technology to world peace. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (1969) provides a strong sense of the relations of science, philosophy and global vision in his work.