X-Message-Number: 3114 From: (Thomas Donaldson) Subject: CRYONICS: re Richardson enquiry Date: Sun, 11 Sep 1994 18:33:20 -0700 (PDT) Hi! About Lewis Richardson and his work: I will undertake to get the reference; its not something in my personal possession. You may have to be patient, though, because Richardson did almost all his work before the 2nd WW. He did write a book, STATISTICS OF DEADLY COMBAT, which I have read but don't own. If I recall (I'd really want to check this) he discussed the 40% figure in that book. Since he was early, he might be hard to find if you only use computers. Richardson was a meteorologist too, and I think he's still remembered for his mathematical work in that area ... though of course with computers and satellites we can now do a far better job. He got into studying war because he was a Quaker, and figured that rather than just stand around taking a moral position it might help the problem to learn more about it. He developed DEs describing an arms race which (before the fact) predicted very well the European arms race before the 2nd WW. For what it is worth, he had a large influence on my thinking in this area. Long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3114