β Robert Innes
π Fiction
π
2018
π English
β 73 KB
π 2 views
β¦ LIBER β¦
Turbulence: a novel of the atmosphere
β Scribed by Giles Foden
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Faber and faber
- Year
- 2011;2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The D-day landingsβthe fate of 2.5 million men, three thousand landing craft and the entire future of Europe depend on the right weather conditions on the English Channel on a single day. A team of Allied scientists is charged with agreeing on an accurate forecast five days in advance. But is it even possible to predict the weather so far ahead? And what is the relationship between predictability and turbulence, one of the last great mysteries of modern physics?
Wallace Ryman has devised a system that comprehends all of thisβbut he is a reclusive pacifist who stubbornly refuses to divulge his secrets. Henry Meadows, a young math prodigy from the Met Office, is sent to Scotland to uncover Rymanβs system and apply it to the Normandy landings. But turbulence proves more elusive than anyone could have imagined. When Henry meets Gill, Rymanβs beautiful wife, events, like the weather, begin to spiral out of control.
From Giles Foden, prizewinning author of The Last King of Scotland, a gripping blend of fact and fiction in a novel about how human beings deal with uncertainty.
From the Hardcover edition.
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