Geodesic dome

Who is probably best known as the inventor of the geodesic dome?

• R. Buckminster Fuller

• D. Westminster Abbey

• A. Fistful of dollars

• O. Buck Rodgers

a geodesic structure is a spherical structure which is constructed out of interconnecting (a)   rather than out of curved surfaces.

The (a)   itself resembles a half-sphere, but it is constructed out of straight lines.

Another good example of a geodesic structure might be a

• basketball

• soccer ball

• baseball

• golfball

Which is not one of the advantages of a geodesic dome?

• It is lightweight.

• It is easy to construct out of component parts.

• It can be built in almost any size.

• It is heavy which adds to its stability

(a)   himself lived in a dome home while he was a research professor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale from 1959-1970.

During the 1980s of a spherical carbon-60 (a)   whose structure bore a striking resemblance to Fuller's geodesic domes.