
Episode 7: R. Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller with Kurt Przybilla
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How to Build a Tatrahedron
Beverly would often demonstrate these concepts with models, because he felt that they were so important to understanding how the universe works. According to fuller, all structure is based on triangles. And when i give workshops, what i basically do is have them start by building. I do it different ways, but they build with marsh mellows and toothpicks, a cube and a tetrahedron. They discover that the tube will not hold its shape. It will fold flat completely. Whereas the tetrahedrons holds its shape quite well. The reason for this isBecause it's all triangles and the cube is not. If you wanted to stabilize that cube, the best way to do
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