Fire, ice, and physics : the science of Game of thrones /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thompson, Rebecca C. (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Other Authors:	Carroll, Sean M., 1966- (writer of foreword.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Game of thrones (Television program) Martin, George R. R. > Song of ice and fire. Science > Popular works. Science in popular culture. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Foreword / by Sean Carroll
Introduction
Winter is coming--or is it? Seasons in Westeros
And now my watch begins : the science of an ice wall
North of the wall : how to survive in the cold
White walkers, zombies, parasites, and statistics
Regular steel, made in Pittsburgh
Valyrian steel, made in Damascus
Dragon biology : bats, but with fire
How to kill a white walker : the physics of dragonglass
Harrenhall : can fire melt stone? take down a wall?
The battle of the Blackwater : the science of wildfire
Houses Targaryen and Lannister : the genetics of a family tree with few branches
We do not sow : the science of the sea
The king's justice : the biology of a gruesome death
Epilogue.