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Napisao je dvadeset i osam knjiga, u kojima je iznosio svoje ideje i poglede na svijet. Bio je zaokupljen egzistencijalnim pitanjima i načinima poboljšanja kvaliteta života. Mnogo je puta proputovao svijet i održao brojna predavanja. Njegovi izumi s područja arhitekture i dizajna, često su bili ispred svoga vremena. Poznata je njegova geodetska kupola - rešetkasta školjkasta struktura (vidi sliku, desno).
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Njegov uticaj je bio veliki na brojne ljude. Između ostalih, osobe na koje je uticao su: Constance Abernathy, Ruth Asawa, J. Baldwin, Michael Ben-Eli, Pierre Cabrol, Joseph Clinton, Peter Floyd, Medard Gabel, Michael Hays, David Johnston, Robert Kiyosaki, Peter Pearce, Shoji Sadao, Edwin Schlossberg, Kenneth Snelson, i Robert Anton Wilson.
Alotrop ugljenika, fulleren— i posebno molekula alotropa C60 (buckminsterfuleren ili buckyball) je imenovan po njemu. Molekula Buckminsterfulerena, koja se sastoji od 60 ugljikovih atoma, veoma vjerno nalikuje sferičnoj verziji Fuller-ove geodetske kupole. Godine 1996. Nobelova nagrada za hemiju je dodijeljena naučnicima Kroto-u, Curl-u, i Smalley-u, za njihovo otkriće fullerena.
Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking (1975) in collaboration with E.J. Applewhite with a preface and contribution by Arthur L. Loeb, ISBN0-02-541870-X
Tetrascroll: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, A Cosmic Fairy Tale (1975)
Pawley, Martin (1991). Buckminster Fuller. New York: Taplinger. ISBN0-8008-1116-X.
R. Buckminster Fuller, Your Private Sky, Page 27
Design – A Three-Wheel Dream That Died at Takeoff – Buckminster Fuller and the Dymaxion Car – NYTimes.com
John Haber. "Before Buckyballs".
Lloyd Steven Sieden. Buckminster Fuller's Universe: His Life and Work (pp. 74, 119-142). New York: Perseus Books Group, 2000. ISBN0-7382-0379-3. p. 74: "Although O'Neill soon became well known as a major American playwright, it was Romany Marie who would significantly influence Bucky, becoming his close friend and confidante during the most difficult years of his life."
Fuller, R. Buckminster (1981). "Introduction". Critical Path (First ed.). New York, N.Y.: St.Martin's Press. xxv. ISBN0-312-17488-8. ""It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and hence-forth unrationalizable as mandated by survival. War is obsolete."
Fuller, R. Buckminster (2008). Jaime Snyder. ed. Utopia or oblivion: the prospects for humanity. Baden, Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN978-3-03778-127-2.
Salsbury, Patrick G. (2000) "Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science; An Introduction" Miqel.com
"Eight Strategies for Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science" Buckminster Fuller Institute
thirteen.org website Helped organize Fuller's papers Retrieved December 29, 2010
Thomas T. K. Zung, Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for a New Millennium Retrieved December 29, 2010
Buckyworks Retrieved December 29, 2010
Buckworks Retrieved December 29, 2010
Makovsky, Paul; Lanks, Belinda and Pedersen, Martin C. (July 2008) "The Fuller Effect" Metropolis (Magazine, New York) 28(1): pp. 106–111
Noland, Carol (November 1, 2009) "Pierre Cabrol dies at 84; architect was lead designer of Hollywood's Cinerama Dome" Los Angeles Times, archived here at WebCite
Buckminster Fuller Prize challenge Retrieved December 29, 2010
Thomas T. K. Zung, Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for a New Millennium Retrieved December 29, 2010
About David Johnston Retrieved December 29, 2010
Kiyosaki, Robert. Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money, pp. 3–4. Business Plus, 2009. ISBN978-0-446-55980-5
Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition, Retrieved December 29, 2010
Hi Times May 1981, Robert Anton Wilson interviews Buckminster Fuller Retrieved December 29, 2010
Applewhite, E. J. Cosmic Fishing: An account of writing Synergetics with Buckminster Fuller. 1977 (ISBN0-02-502710-7)
Applewhite, E. J., ed. Synergetics Dictionary, The Mind Of Buckminster Fuller; in four volumes. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York and London. 1986 (ISBN0-8240-8729-1)
Chu, Hsiao-Yun and Roberto Trujillo. New Views on R. Buckminster Fuller.(Stanford, CA; Stanford University Press, 2009) ISBN0-8047-6279-1
Eastham, Scott: American Dreamer. Bucky Fuller and the Sacred Geometry of Nature; The Lutterworth Press 2007, Cambridge; ISBN978-0-7188-3031-1
Edmondson, Amy: "A Fuller Explanation"; EmergentWorld LLC. 2007 (ISBN978-0-615-18314-5)
Hatch, Alden Buckminster Fuller At Home In The Universe. 1974 (ISBN0-440-04408-1) Crown Publishers, New York.
Hoogenboom, Olive (1999). "Fuller, R. Buckminster". American National Biography. 8. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 559–562.
Kenner, Hugh. Bucky: a guided tour of Buckminster Fuller. 1973 (ISBN0-688-00141-6)
Krausse, Joachim and Lichtenstein, Claude. ed. Your Private Sky, R. Buckminster Fuller: The Art Of Design Science. Lars Mueller Publishers. 1999 (ISBN3-907044-88-6)
McHale, John. R. Buckminster Fuller. George Brazillier, Inc., New York. hardback. 1962.
Potter, R. Robert. Buckminster Fuller (Pioneers in Change Series). Silver Burdett Publishers. 1990 (ISBN0-382-09972-9)
Robertson, Donald. Mind's Eye Of Buckminster Fuller. 1974 (ISBN0-533-01017-9) Vantage Press, Inc., New York.
Sieden, Lloyd. Buckminster Fuller's Universe, His Life and Work. 1989 (ISBN0-7382-0379-3), explores Fuller's personal life, his beliefs and drives.
Snyder, Robert. Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue/Scenario. St. Martin's Press, New York. hardback. 1980 (ISBN0-312-24547-5)
Sterngold, James. "The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller." The New York Times [Arts Section], June 15, 2008.
Ward, James, ed., The Artifacts Of R. Buckminster Fuller, A Comprehensive Collection of His Designs and Drawings in Four Volumes: Volume One. The Dymaxion Experiment, 1926–1943; Volume Two. Dymaxion Deployment, 1927–1946; Volume Three. The Geodesic Revolution, Part 1, 1947–1959; Volume Four. The Geodesic Revolution, Part 2, 1960-1983: Edited with descriptions by James Ward. Garland Publishing, New York. 1984 (ISBN0-8240-5082-7 vol. 1, ISBN0-8240-5083-5 vol. 2, ISBN0-8240-5084-3 vol. 3, ISBN0-8240-5085-1 vol. 4)
Wong, Yunn Chii, The Geodesic Works of Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1948-1968 (The Universe as a Home of Man), PhD thesis, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1999.
Wühr, Paul, Das falsche Buch. (Fuller appears as a character in this book.)
Zung, T.K. Thomas. Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for a New Millennium. St. Martin's Press. 2001 (ISBN0-312-26639-1)