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geodesic 1. relating to or involving the geometry of curved surfaces 2. the shortest line between two points on a curved or plane surface |
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Another was Buckminster Fuller, the polymath who invented the geodesic dome and whose ideas about researchers crossing disciplinary and institutional lines were, Turner argues, intimately connected with Cold War military research. Coxeter's work, especially his treatise entitled Regular Polytopes, went on to influence various people, including Buckminster Fuller, who credits Coxeter's vision in developing his famous geodesic domes. 25 square Loftcube and the horrible $35K dome home from Timberline geodesics are the main architectural features of Retrothing at www. |
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