I don't think people have ever really been in touch with science. They're drawn to it, but they don't know why they're drawn to it. For example, you may be blown away by the structure of something, like a soccer ball or a geodesic dome, with its hexagonal shapes.

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Remember that 'geodesic' indicates the shortest distance on surfaces like globes, not flat ones.

Curved Surfaces

A geodesic can appear curved on flat maps even though it's the shortest path on a sphere.

Not Always Straight

The term is often used in math and geography to explain concepts about Earth and other round objects.

Mathematical Context

As an adjective, 'geodesic' describes structures with a series of triangles forming a dome or sphere.

Architectural Feature

In engineering, 'geodesic' relates to designs that provide strength and stability in a lightweight form.

Engineering Terms

The term gained popularity with Buckminster Fuller's work on geodesic domes.

Buckminster Fuller

 population has either starve or frozen to death those people who are not in the geodesic dome but if somehow managed to protect themselves from the cold up to now won't be safe for very long one thing that is almost certain to happen is that the assemblage of buildings and

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 and you can even see sunspots through this life tomatoe incredible is that all right but I do want to talk about why we're here in this beautiful location which feels like it's the middle of nowhere it's in the middle of nature you can see that there's this geodesic dome

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 It was a 200-foot diameter geodesic sphere to be suspended over the East River in New York City, in full view of the United Nations. It was a big idea, for sure, and it was one that he felt could truly inform and deeply affect the decision making of this body

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 about a straight line on a curved surface now mathematicians have answered that question and they've understood there's a generalized concept of straightness it's called a geodesic and on the surface of a sphere that a straight line is the biggest possible

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 on large-body impact. But is this true? The most recent, the Permian, was thought to have been an impact because of this beautiful structure on the right. This is a Buckminsterfullerene, a carbon-60. Because it looks like those terrible geodesic domes

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 What do we mean to talk about a straight line on a curved surface? Now mathematicians have answered that question. They've understood there is a generalized concept of straightness, it's called a geodesic. And on the surface of a sphere,

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 what I want to build I'm building a concrete geodesic dome we're building it for several reasons and the first reason is the geodesic dome is very stable when it comes to the lateral shifting of movement that would occur after an

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 the surface but you have this big geodesic dome and a problem with the geodesic dome is you've got this huge amount of space at the top which is completely wasted and when you're on on Mars and air is precious you don't want

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 Now he, despite his efforts, was routinely mocked as a crank by many in the design establishment, and admittedly, some of his experiments failed, like the flying car that never got off the ground. And yet, the geodesic dome,

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 It's a set of concentric geodesic structures with linkages between each one. In its context, it is not manufacturable by traditional manufacturing techniques. It has a symmetry such that you can't injection mold it.

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