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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
Lewis Fry Richardson
Born: October 11, 1881
Died: September 30, 1953 (aged 71)
Bio: Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them.
Known for:
- Weather Prediction by Numerical Process (1922)
- Statistics of deadly quarrels (1950)
- Collected papers of Lewis Fry Richardson