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Comment author: timtyler 08 September 2010 07:23:52AM *  0 points [-]

Hefty quantities of Synergetics seem incomprehensible to me.

Fuller was trying to make himself into a mystical science guru - and Synergetics laid out his domain.

There is some worthwhile material in there - though you might be better of with more recent secondary sources.

Comment author: MartinB 22 October 2010 06:28:57AM 0 points [-]

But which sources. The reading of his that I understood I found amazing. And i can imagine that grasping synergistic might be useful for my brain.

Recommendations for reading are always welcome.

Comment author: timtyler 22 October 2010 09:03:52AM 1 point [-]

It depends on what aspect you are interested in.

For example, I found this book pretty worthwhile:

"Light Structures - Structures of Light: The Art and Engineering of Tensile Architecture" Illustrated by the Work of Horst Berger.

...and here's one of my links pages: http://pleatedstructures.com/links/