These talks will be self-contained presentations of mathematical concepts and theorems. They are intended to be accessible to all mathematics
students.  Coffee, tea and drinks will be provided.

While working as an ambulance driver in World War I, Lewis Fry Richardson made the first attempt at a forward prediction of the weather using a numerical method. These calculations were done by hand, taking two years to do a forward prediction of six hours. Unfortunately, the wildest guess would not have been wider of the mark! I'll discuss a recent study of Richardson's forecast which shows that with the benefit of a digital filter applied to the initial data, the forecast would have been quite reasonable.