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Lewis Fry Richardson: A Personal Narrative

Published:2019-11-15 Issue: Volume: Page:13-24
ISSN:2509-5579
Container-title:Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice
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Author:

Zinnes Dina A.

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter is the personal story of how the author, just out of graduate school, encountered Richardson’s two posthumous volumes, Arms and Insecurity and Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, and how these volumes helped her resolve key issues that had troubled her. What is theory and how does it differ from a model? The first volume pushed her to learn mathematics and, through various twists and turns, eventually to an understanding of the power of a mathematically written story. The second volume provided insights into data collection and measurement as well as a deeper understanding of the mechanics of mathematical modeling. Thus, the two volumes together gave her the basis for finally answering the questions from her graduate school days.

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-31589-4_2

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