TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Rebecca C.
AU  - Carroll,Sean M.
TI  - Fire, ice, and physics: the science of Game of thrones 
SN  - 9780262043076
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Martin, George R. R.
KW  - Game of thrones (Television program)
KW  - Science
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Science in popular culture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -