I won this book in a giveaway。 I will usually read just about any bios or autobios about interesting people， even if Ive never heard of them， which happened to be true in this case。 I should start by saying the book is actually 477 pages long instead of the 672 it says。 The extra pages are acknowledgements， notes， bibliography， and index。 That being said， this book was mostly way over my head。 Im sure "bucky" was a very smart man and a revolutionary of his time， but with all the geometry and phi I won this book in a giveaway。 I will usually read just about any bios or autobios about interesting people， even if Ive never heard of them， which happened to be true in this case。 I should start by saying the book is actually 477 pages long instead of the 672 it says。 The extra pages are acknowledgements， notes， bibliography， and index。 That being said， this book was mostly way over my head。 Im sure "bucky" was a very smart man and a revolutionary of his time， but with all the geometry and philosophical talk， I just couldnt understand his level of thinking。 If you know who this guy is and are a fan of his work， Im sure you would love this book。 Its very informative and Im sure educational， even if I didnt understand much from it。 It starts with his birth， and ends with beyond his death， and all the patents and inventions and happenings inbetween， as well as info on his personal life and friends。 Boy did he know a lot of people！ Famous people and influential people as well。 There were just times to me the book seemed boring and I found my mind wandering off。 Am I glad I won it and read it？ Yes。 Will I read it again？ No。 。。。more