Fire, Ice, and Physics

Rebecca C. Thompson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2020
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-53961-6 (ISBN)

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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. Thompson, a PhD in physics and an enthusiastic Game of Thrones fan, uses the fantasy science of the show as a gateway to some interesting real science, introducing GOT fandom to a new dimension of appreciation.

Rebecca Thompson is director of public outreach for the American Physical Society, one of the most prominent physics societies in the world. She is a PhD physicist, and author and creator of the long-running Spectra series of educational comics. She has given several public lectures about the science in Game of Thrones and other TV shows.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.11.2020
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-262-53961-6 / 0262539616
ISBN-13	978-0-262-53961-6 / 9780262539616
Zustand	Neuware