Turbulence

A gripping blend of fact and fiction in a novel about how human beings deal with uncertainty. The D-day landings - the fate of 2.5 million men, 3000 landing craft and the entire future of Europe depends on the right weather conditions on the English Channel on a single day. A team of Allied scientists is charged with agreeing an accurate forecast five days in advance. But is it even possible to predict the weather so far ahead? 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 this - but he is a reclusive pacifist who stubbornly refuses to divulge his secrets. Henry Meadows, a maths prodigy, is sent to Scotland to discover Rymana's system. But turbulence proves more elusive, and events, like the weather, begin to spiral out of control.