Abstract
Lewis F. Richardson, the British physicist and meteorologist, devoted much of his life and scientific work to the study of the quantitative aspects of warfare. It was his firm belief that wars arise from measurable relations between nations and groups and that an understanding of these relationships would contribute more to the furtherance of peaceful coexistence than would conventional diplomacy. In a sense, his work was pioneering. The application of the methods of measurement and analysis of the physical scientist to the statistics of wars was unique. However, wars represent only a particular type of social phenomenon and the widening interest in the use of mathematical models in the social and psychological sciences suggests that Richardson's work should be viewed in the broader context of the mathematical revolution in social
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