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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 the science of an ice wall, the genetics of the families, and the biology of beheading.

Seventeen years ago, when Dr. Rebecca N. Thompson endured a string of life-threatening miscarriages and rare medical conditions, her career as a physician didn’t protect her from feeling isolated and overwhelmed. She longed to find a community of women—or even one encouraging story—to reassure her that she wasn’t alone. Deciding to create the community she longed for, Thompson reached out to twenty-one friends, patients, and colleagues across the medical field and asked each to share the story of their own personal journey to parenthood.

Becky married her college sweetheart and thought she would be married for life. Thirty years later, she had three grown children and a successful career, but her marriage was failing. Her husband was becoming increasingly unemployable as he sank deeper into alcoholism. She was unhappy, but she didn’t think she had the confidence or wherewithal to make it on her own.

Discussing our research on healthy ageing, food innovation and the gut microbiome at the Quadram Institute.