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Richard Buckminster Fuller was always considered to be 50 years ahead of his time. Ever in sync with the zeitgeist, a half century after Fuller received the patent on his famous geodesic dome, the U.S. Postal Service issues a stamp in his honor. By Danit Lidor.
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Fuller poses with students.

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magazine's June 10, 1964, cover.
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Posters printed by the Buckminster Fuller Institute pass on Fuller's larger message.
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Disneyland's Epcot Center dome, Spaceship Earth, is the best-known of Fuller's geodesic domes. However, there is some argument over whether it is truly geodesic.
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Fuller stands in front of the Calico Company geodesic dome pavilion in India.