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Alec Nevala-Lee

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‘It’s Really First-Class Work’

Watching 'Oppenheimer' with the author of a definitive account of the Manhattan Project.

by Richard Rhodes, Alec Nevala-Lee via The Atlantic on July 27, 2023

Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

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Buckminster Fuller looking at a model of a geodesic dome.

Buckminster Fuller’s Hall of Mirrors

Alec Nevala-Lee’s new biography assesses the complicated legacy of an architect better known for his image than his work.

by Daniel Luis Martinez via The Nation on February 1, 2023

Cartoon of Buckminster Fuller with spirals in his glasses and hands out as if hypnotizing the reader.

Space-Age Magus

From beginning to end, experts saw through Buckminster Fuller’s ideas and theories. Why did so many people come under his spell?

by James Gleick via New York Review of Books on November 3, 2022

Drawing depicting Buckminster Fuller in front of a dome

Buckminster Fuller’s Greatest Invention

His vision of a tech-optimized future inspired a generation. But his true talent was for burnishing his own image.

by Rebecca Onion via The New Republic on August 19, 2022

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