--- description: Helen Keen is the author ofThe Science of Game of Thrones title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Helen Keen ## Helen Keen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Helen Keen is the author of_[The Science of Game of Thrones](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316315834/?tag=timecom-20) ## Helen Keen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Oct 25, 2016 ### [The Real-Life Science of _Game of Thrones'_ Wildfire](https://time.com/4531975/science-of-game-of-thrones-wildfire/) Napalm is just like Westerosi wildfire [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/helen-keen/","name":"Helen Keen"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/helen-keen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/helen-keen/"},"name":"Helen Keen","jobTitle":null,"description":"Helen Keen is the author ofThe Science of Game of Thrones","url":"https://time.com/author/helen-keen/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```