Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remar...

Fire, Ice, and Physics - The Science of Game of Thrones

Rebecca C. Thompson; Sean Carroll (Foreword by)

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 ...