FODEN, GILES — Turbulence

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. 0307592774. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0307592774. Quarter bound in publisher's gold cloth over navy boards, navy lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. The D-day landings—the 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? 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.. The bottom edge of the front cover has a tiny bump, else pristine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only the slightest shelf-wear, else as new. NEAR FINE/ NEAR FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 315 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .