Fuller had lots of good ideas, but wasn't too great at the implementaton. One of his grand inventions was the Dymaxicon(?) House, that he conned a couple of aircraft makers into working on, with substantial investments and no real results.

A grand "arena" that he managed to get constructed has the distinction of being the first** building that featured rain on the inside on a nice day.

** a couple of big sports arenas had some problems of a similar nature that were solved with some minor ventilation improvements. Bucky never manage to stop the rain in his.

He did do a lot of publicizing on the "geodesic" style of construction that saw some application when some others got into it, but the naming of the "bucky ball" seems sufficient honorarium for that work.

Some would sat that "eccentric" described him better than "nerd," I suppose.

John