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

著者

• Thompson, Rebecca C.
• Carroll, Sean

書誌事項

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

Rebecca C. Thompson ; foreword by Sean Carroll

MIT Press, c2019

• : [pbk.]

注記

Description based on 3rd printing

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC16910465
• ISBN:
  • 9780262539616
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: xxii, 274 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 500
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Game of thrones (Television program)
  • LCSH : Science -- Popular works
  • LCSH : Science in popular culture