Lewis Fry Richardson: His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences - Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice

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 and their consequences, mathematical models, the size distribution of wars, and geographical features of conflict. It contains brief bibliographies of his main publications and of articles and books written about Richardson and his work and discusses his continuing influence in peace research and international relations as well as his attitude to the ethical responsibilities of a scientist. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars.  This book includes 11 chapters written by Nils Petter Gleditsch, Dina A Zinnes, Ron Smith, Paul F Diehl, Kelly Kadera, Mark Crescenzi, Michael  D Ward, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch,  Nils B Weidmann, Jürgen Scheffran, Niall MacKay, Aaron Clauset, Michael Spagat and Stijn van Weezel.

ISBN:	9783030315887
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Imprint:	Springer
Published date:	19 Dec 2019
Language:	English
Number of pages:	148
Weight:	394g
Height:	164mm
Width:	242mm
Spine width:	11mm

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