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by sp332 5171 days ago
"Buckminsterfullerene" is named after Buckminster Fuller, who popularized geodesic domes. He had a word commissioned for him, "Dymaxion", and he used it for lots of his projects: Dymaxion Map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map, Dymaxion House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house, Dymaxion Car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_Car .