Talk:Lewis Fry Richardson

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He was born in 1881 and entered school in 1823 ??? -- Titus

introduction
I think the introduction should not include into what kind of family he was born. That is for the biographical part of the article. It should instead include what are Fry Richardson's contributions that make him notable. The introduction should address the question as to why is he included in wikipedia. Ben T/C 13:49, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Ralph Richardson - ? relation
I have added a fact tag to "He was the uncle of the actor Sir Ralph Richardson". but don't think it is relevant anyway. Perhaps someone could do an article n the Richardson Family for that bit of information, if it is relably sourced. Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 23:01, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Confusing grammar
The below ought to be reworded. I get loss as to what is "negatively proportional to what." I'd reword, but I can't figure out what the intended meaning is.
 * Considering the armament of two nations, Richardson posited an idealized system of equations whereby the rate of a nation's armament build-up is directly proportional to the amount of arms its rival has and also to the grievances felt toward the rival, and negatively proportional to the amount of arms it already has itself.

--Lancer (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Richardson's publications
I serendipped on
 * Quantitative psychology and studies of conflict / edited by Oliver M. Ashford...[et al.]. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xv, 762 p. : port. ; 26 cm..- (Collected papers of Lewis Fry Richardson ; vol. 2)

in the catalogue of Friends House Library. Would the article be improved by a listing of his publications? Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 23:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm a great believer in including good bibliographies in articles, and that this should be one of the FIRST jobs to do when building an article - after all, you can't write an article without any sources! For example, I did this for Noel-Baker, an article I hope eventually to take to FA status. So yes, definitely have a "works" or "bibliography" section, which IMO should use citation templates throughout. In LFR's case, there are too many scientific papers to include them all, but the list should certainly include all his books, and the more significant of his scientific papers. (I received the Ashford and Körner books in the post this morning, but it'll take me a while to read and digest them.)
 * --NSH001 (talk) 13:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Father-in-Law
"William Garnett (1850-1932) was the first Principal of Durham College of Science, which became the University, from 1884 to 1893". Could he also have been an influence? Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 13:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


 * From a quick skim through Ashford and the ODNB article, WG was a good friend of the family, but I don't think that's necessarily an "influence" in the sense implied by the scientist infobox. May become clearer once I've read the books.
 * --NSH001 (talk) 13:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Richardson effect
Googling around, I discover that there is more than one scientific observation called "The Richardson Effect". Perhaps the REDIRECT might be extended to disambiguate them Vernon White  '''. . . Talk''' 23:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Retirement in Kilmun
Professor Richardson lived in Kilmun, a small village near Dunoon. In retirement he and his wife regularly hosted parties for local children where he entertained them with lectures on science and astronomy, whilst Mrs Richardson provided cocoa and cakes. He had a large astronomical refracting telescope. Many local children got their first views of the Jovian system and Saturn's rings, with Prof Richarsdson's telescope, including my father and his brothers. The Richardson's were highly regarded and, still today, are fondly remembered. I know this isn't in the strictest sense encyclopedia material but I think it is of interest and adds to the character of Prof Richardson. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.38.51 (talk) 02:13, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

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Incompatible blood types??
I'm not a biologist, but this doesn't sound very accurate to me:

They were unable to have children due to an incompatibility of blood types

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