On the 20th anniversary of the Lord of the Rings movies, a thread on science & Middle Earth. LOTR has been the subject of academic papers, as well as some great analyses by scientists from their disciplines. Here are some particularly great examples... 1/n theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Lets start with vulcanology: six-part tour of the geology of Lonely Mountain that explains why there is so much gold in the old volcano, among many other things. 2/n
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While Tolkien’s volcanos hold promise, his mountain ranges were messed up. Geologist & science fiction author @katsudonburi explains the issues with Tolkien’s mountain ranges (written before plate tectonics was a known thing) 3/n tor.com/2017/08/01/tol…
Turning to military history, here is historian @BretDevereaux’s six-part discussion of the Siege of Gondor from the perspective of pre-gunpowder warfare. It is an amazingly detailed analysis! 4/n acoup.blog/2019/05/10/col…
What does the material culture and ruins of Middle Earth tell us about that world’s history & society? Here’s a dive into the archaeology of Tolkien’s world as depicted in the movies by @AlmostArch 5/n almostarchaeology.com/post/105051279…
And here is a great overview on the astronomy of Middle Earth by Dr. Kristine Larsen, via @IngemarAhlgren (Dr. Larsen has a huge amount of work on the subject!) 6/ theonering.net/torwp/2013/10/…
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