Fire, Ice, and Physics

Rebecca C. Thompson, PhD, is a physicist and author of the popular Spectra series of comic books about physics. She is Head of the Office of Education and Public Outreach at Fermilab, the particle physics research facility near Chicago. She served as Director of Public Engagement for the American Physical Society from 2008 to 2019.

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and the author of popular science books, including The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself.

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 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