[3] These techniques are now standard in operational weather and climate prediction around the world, and are central for reliable decision making for many commercial and humanitarian applications.

[10] Palmer believes strongly that human and computing resources must be pooled internationally to develop reliable climate prediction systems.

[11] After a chance meeting with geophysicist Raymond Hide, he became interested in climate and was employed by the Met Office – including a year at the University of Washington.

[15] Palmer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2003,[1] and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to science.

[30]  Without equations, it described the physics and mathematics of chaos, applying it to weather, climate, economics, pandemics, conflict, human creativity, free will and consciousness.