Lewis Fry Richardson: His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences /

This is an open access book. Lewis F Richardson (1981-1953), a physicist by training, was a pioneer in meteorology and peace research and remains a towering presence in both fields. This edited volume reviews his work and assesses its influence in the social sciences, notably his work on arms races...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Gleditsch, Nils Petter (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:	1st ed. 2020.
Series:	Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, 27
Subjects:	Environmental law. Environmental policy. Science. Peace. Political science. History. Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. Science, multidisciplinary. Peace Studies. Political Science. History of Science. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Lewis Fry Richardson - A Pioneer not Forgotten
Chapter 2. Lewis Fry Richardson: A Personal Narrative
Chapter 3. The Influence of the Richardson Arms Race Model
Chapter 4. What Richardson Got Right (and Wrong) about Arms Races and War
Chapter 5. Richardson and the Study of Dynamic Conflict Processes
chapter 6. Back to the Future: Richardson's Multilateral Arms Race Model
Chapter 7. From Hand-counting to GIS: Richardson in the Information Age
Chapter 8. Weather, War, and Chaos: Richardson's Encounter with Molecules and Nations
Chapter 9. When Lanchester met Richardson: The Interaction of Warfare with Psychology
Chapter 10. On the Frequency and Severity of Interstate Wars
Chapter 11. The Decline of War since 1950: New Evidence
Appendix.