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An artist's impression of Richardson's fantastic forecast factory
Author(s) -
Lynch Peter
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.2652
Subject(s) - factory (object oriented programming) , painting , fantasy , art history , impression , art , meteorology , visual arts , history , computer science , literature , geography , world wide web , programming language
In 1922 Lewis Fry Richardson published a remarkable book, Weather Prediction by Numerical Process , describing his attempt to forecast changes in the weather by numerical means. In his preface, Richardson wrote: This investigation grew out of a study of finite differences and first took shape in 1911 as the fantasy … [described below] . Several artists have created images of the forecast factory. One particular image, which has recently come to light, is described in this note. The painting is a remarkable work, rich in detail and replete with hidden gems.