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• ISBN 10: 0262355302
• ISBN 13: 9780262355308
• Author: Rebecca C Thompson

Exploring the science in George R. R. Martin’s fantastical world, from the physics of an ice wall to the genetics of the Targaryens and Lannisters Game of Thrones is a fantasy that features a lot of made-up science—fabricated climatology (when is winter coming?), astronomy, metallurgy, chemistry, and biology. Most fans of George R. R. Martin’s fantastical world accept it all as part of the magic. A trained scientist, watching the fake science in Game of Thrones, might think, “But how would it work?” In Fire, Ice, and Physics, Rebecca Thompson turns a scientist’s eye on Game of Thrones, exploring, among other things, the science of an ice wall, the genetics of the Targaryen and Lannister families, and the biology of beheading.

Table of contents:

1 Winter Is Coming—Or Is It? Seasons in Westeros

2 And Now My Watch Begins: The Science of an Ice Wall

3 North of the Wall: How to Survive in the Cold

4 White Walkers, Zombies, Parasites, and Statistics

5 Regular Steel, Made in Pittsburgh

6 Valyrian Steel, Made in Damascus

7 Dragon Biology: Bats, but with Fire

8 How to Kill a White Walker: The Physics of Dragonglass

9 Harrenhal: Can Fire Melt Stone? Take Down a Wall?

10 The Battle of the Blackwater: The Science of Wildfire

11 Houses Targaryen and Lannister: The Genetics of a Family Tree with Few Branches

12 We Do Not Sow: The Science of the Sea

13 The King’s Justice: The Biology of a Gruesome Death

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