Readers Delve Into War, Weather and Deep Thoughts

Buffalo NewsAugust 30, 2010

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A book about a weather report? Zzzzzz.

It could be boring, but in the case of Englishman Giles Foden's new novel, "Turbulence," it isn't. "Turbulence" is a terrific story whose main action, the D-Day invasion, takes place in 1944. Think about having to get right an acceptable meteorological forecast for the Allies' invasion of France, D-Day. That is what young math enthusiast Henry Meadows, fresh from Cambridge with a Ph.D., must do.

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Readers Delve Into War, Weather and Deep Thoughts

Technically, the invasion was called Operation Neptune in 1944, the first phase of Overlord, or popularly, D-Day. It was cruc...

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