Sidney Rosen

Author of Wizard of the Dome: R. Buckminster Fuller, Designer for the Future (1969), a narrative biography written to introduce Fuller to younger readers.

Rosen wrote accessible biographies of scientists and inventors. Wizard of the Dome tells Fuller's story — from a New England childhood through Harvard expulsions, personal tragedy, the 1927 decision to live on his own terms, and the Dymaxion inventions to the geodesic dome — as a coherent tale of a self-taught "designer for the future" guided by doing the most with the least.

Role in Fuller's orbit

Rosen is a popular biographer whose book has served as many readers' first, most approachable introduction to Fuller's life and guiding philosophy.

See Also

• Wizard of the Dome — the biography he wrote
• Lloyd Steven Sieden — fellow accessible Fuller biographer
• Athena V. Lord — fellow author of a Fuller biography for young readers

Sources

• Wizard of the Dome (source reference) — the work attributing authorship