We have been waiting since 2011 George R.R. Martin finally gives us an end Song of Ice and Fire. We need an ending to the book saga that will remove the bad taste in our mouths that the series has left in many of us. But the writer continues to put it off, and many think that we will never see these two long-awaited final books. That doesn’t mean Martin doesn’t continue to post. Since 2011, he has published several novellas, prequels, and companion books. And that’s not all, because his latest publication has just been published: scientific research in physics. Yes, yes, no joke.
He published it together with a physicist Ian Tregillisfrom Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is an experimental physicist who enjoys reading Martin’s work, including the series of novels known as Wild cards. This is not exactly the author’s work Game of Thrones. Rather, it is a collection of science fiction stories by various authors, collected by both Martin and an American writer. Melinda M. Snodgrass.
This is the story about alien virus released in 1946 over New York City, giving some of the survivors superpowers. Without a doubt, the premises are attractive. That’s why Tregillis likes it so much. However, the physicist wanted to go a little further than just having fun and began to calculate, based on physics, a model that would describe how said virus spreads. For this, since it could not be otherwise, it was necessary George R.R. Martin who appears as an author in a study that has just been published independently.
What is George R.R. Martin’s research about?
George R.R. Martin did not stop at signing the study, since he was the one who collected the stories Wild cards. He was also involved in choosing the most appropriate method for calculating the spread of the virus.
Together they tried different options, such as fractals or thermodynamic analogiesbut eventually came to the conclusion that the best way to determine viral dynamics is Lagrangian formulation.
It is a reformulation of classical mechanics that somewhat simplifies the physics defined by Newton’s laws. Essentially, all possible movements of the system are taken into account, in this case the evolution of the virus, and the movement that minimizes the action is mathematically formulated.
What is all this for?
In fact, as you understand, all this has no direct application to real life. Among other things, because the virus they talk about he doesn’t even exist. The reason Tregillis decided to do this study is that it is a good exercise for explaining Lagrange’s formulation to students. physics students.
Moreover, if George R. R. Martin is one of the authors of the study, students’ attention is more than guaranteed.
It’s a good story. Good for Martin. But seriously, all you need to do is change the direction of what you write. We need an end Song of Ice and Fire.
Source: Hiper Textual
