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What does Lewis Fry Richardson have to do with a mathematical analysis of war?
Lewis Fry Richardson applied his mathematical skills in the service of his pacifist principles, in particular in understanding the basis of international conflict.
Was Lewis Fry Richardson's mathematical analysis of war successful?
Did Lewis Fry Richardson ever tested his theory?
What else did Lewis Fry Richardson do besides mathematical analysis of war?
In Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, Richardson presented data on virtually every war from 1815 to 1945. As a result, he hypothesized a base 10 logarithmic scale for conflicts.

Question: What does this scale mean?
Self-contained rewrite: What does Richardson's base 10 logarithmic scale for conflict mean?