Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. Preface IX
4. 1. Background, Definitions, and General Characteristics 1
5. 2. Some Simple Figures 6
6. 3. The Diamond Pattern 15
7. 4. The Circuit Pattern 19
8. 5. Circuit-Pattern Systems Based on the Geodesic Polyhedra of R. Buckminster Fuller 28
9. 7. Further Tensegrity Systems (all patterns) 47
10. 8. Applications of Tensegrity, Joining Systems Together, and the Construction of Larger Figures 56
11. APPENDIX 1. General Materials and Techniques for Making Models 69
12. APPENDIX 2. Building Models of Certain 77
13. APPENDIX 3. Building Models of Circuit-Pattern Figures 79
14. APPENDIX 4. Building Models of Zigzag-Pattern Figures 100
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 122