Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Lewis Fry Richardson as meteorologist.
“Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity, and little whirls have lesser whirls and so on to...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What’s the best climate question to debate?
Over the weekend, Andy Revkin posted on this subject on his groundbreaking blog Dot Earth. He noted the absence of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
More on Lewis Fry Richardson
Before we turn to Richardson’s contributions to meteorology, let’s take just a moment to consider some of his other studies...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Introducing Lewis Fry Richardson (October 11, 1881-September 30, 1953).
“Science ought to be subordinate to morals.” ...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What are blogs (vertebrates) good for?
Judith Curry had an interesting post over the weekend: What are blogs good for anyways? In it, she draws our...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Lewis Fry Richardson
Lewis Fry Richardson, born October 11, 1881, died on September 30, 1953, exactly 59 years ago to the day this...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Berezow and Campbell on social science.
My wife loves me. [and I love her, BTW.] How do I know she loves me? Why is this an...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Commerce’ best idea.
Today’s subject may not be Commerce’ best idea…but it’s certainly in the Top Ten. The U.S. Department of Commerce has...
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Weekend thoughts…on hope and despair…and their attribution
On September 12-14, Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute held a workshop on Extreme Meteorological Events, mores specifically on Attribution of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Non-partisan? Or irrelevant? Or both?
Is it just me? Or do the candidates in this year’s U.S. elections appear to be debating just about every...
