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Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

por R. Buckminster Fuller, E. J. Applewhite

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Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking by R. Buckminster Fuller (1975)
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In short: only read Synergetics after reading an 'interpretation' of Bucky's ideas by other writers.

Synergetics is a book that is impossible to rate with a star-rating. So I won't.

This is a an 800 page condensation of Buckminster Fuller's 50-year investigations into geometry, mathematics, physics, and metaphysics. It is formatted like a textbook, with every paragraph assigned a categorisation number ("524.101", "524.11", etc).

The fact that the book is almost exclusively about physics and metaphysics makes it harder for the layperson to understand than some of Bucky's other books. By contrast, his other books are about his more practical, everyday-life inventions and philosophies. Be warned!

Bucky does little to extend an olive branch to his readers. His text is heavy with his unusual jargon, as well as paragraph-length sentences. By his own account, Bucky preferred to be not understood than misunderstood. Therefore, he would rather you re-read a sentence out of sheer necessity, rather than skim through and misunderstand his points.

Despite reading horror stories of the book being utterly incomprehensible, I managed to get a good sense of what Bucky describes in Synergetics. I achieved this mostly by forcing myself to focus on the words, rather than relying on Bucky to pave an easy path. Having a reasonable understanding of high school Physics also helped.

The other reason why I was able to understand the book is because I had read a 'plain-English primer' of Bucky's ideas via the great biography Buckminster Fuller's Universe (1989), which remains the best book I have read about Bucky. This is the approach I recommend for other readers, in conjunction with the books A Fuller Explanation by Amy C. Edmondson and Bucky: a guided tour of Buckminster Fuller by Hugh Kenner.

Not being a mathematician, I am unable to verify the worthiness of the concepts described within this book. Bucky claims that it all fits within the parameters of conventional mathematics, though he emphasises a 60°, triangle-based coordinate system, rather than a 90°, square-based coordinate system. This flows into his philosophical conception of 'the geometry of thought', as described in the book.

By now you've already decided whether you want to read this book or not. For most people, reading books about Bucky will suffice. Others will be drawn to the magnetic allure of Synergetics through its reputation. As mentioned, I recommend reading only after being pre-primed by other writers' interpretations!

Side note: I was a little alarmed with how easily Bucky dismisses the concept of evolution. If he really disputes the Darwinian concept of simple organisms evolving into complex organisms, he really should have devoted more than a flimsy one-page dismissal to the topic. His arguments are easily demolished. I presume this oversight does not cloud the validity of the rest of his book...
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Greatest companion math book every written. ( )
  ague | Nov 9, 2007 |
I would not try to read this without the index, which is in Synergetics 2. Both can be read online:
http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/synergetics/toc/toc.html
  zappad0g | Oct 30, 2006 |
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Would you care to index an 876 pp book prefaced by these words in the 'Moral of the Work'? Apparently no one would. Synergetics has no index, but this note on its last page:
'The attention of the reader is directed to the detailed Table of Contents for each chapter, which has been supplied by the author in lieu of an index, with each paragraph numbered.' There are twelve chapters, entitled: Synergy, Synergetics, Universe, System, Conceptuality, Structure, Tensegrity, Operational Mathematics, Medelability, Omnitopology, Triangular Geodesies Transformational Projection, Numerology. Each is divided into numbered sections; sections into numbered paragraphs. Thus, chapter 2, Synergetics, appears in the Contents List as:
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