Giles Foden

Příběh z dávno ztracených časů, kdy Británie vládla nad vodami s pomocí dvou loděk, sukní a spousty projímadla. Po vypuknutí 1. SV se Británie rozhodla zaútočit na všech vodách - i na dalekém africkém jezeře. Velitel této neuvěřitelné výpravy Simson se vydává z Kapského města na 4 500 kilometrovou cestu k jezeru Tanganika se dvěma 12 metrovými dělovými čluny porazit německé loďstvo. Poté, co ve své skotské sukni napadne nepřítele, stane se pro místní kmen bohem. Avšak pravda není tak jednoduchá.

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 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 this but he is a reclusive pacifist who stubbornly refuses to divulge his secrets. Mark Latchford, a young maths prodigy from the Met Office, is sent to Scotland to discover Ryman s system and apply it to the Normandy landings. But turbulence proves more elusive than anyone could have imagined and events, like the weather, begin to spiral out of control.

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 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 this but he is a reclusive pacifist who stubbornly refuses to divulge his secrets. Mark Latchford, a young maths prodigy from the Met Office, is sent to Scotland to discover Ryman s system and apply it to the Normandy landings. But turbulence proves more elusive than anyone could have imagined and events, like the weather, begin to spiral out of control.