ANHlittleinsane

ohhhhh cool

oh to be a sentient entity breaking the laws of physics...

HANG ON WAIT I NEED CONFIRMATION

@Treamayne DOES THIS MAKE SENSE OR BE TRUE?

In real life, matter and energy are the same (e=mc^2 being the conversion formula of matter into energy) and convert into each other (e. g. burning a wood chip converts the wood into light, heat, and ash). In the Cosmere there is a third axis to this - Investiture. 

In the Physical Realm, investiture can mimic energy and matter states,  but it can also be pulled fully into the physical realm and become matter or energy. Examples:

• The Well is investiture mimicking a liquid state
• Mist is investiture mimicking a gaseous state 
  • Which is why it becomes less opaque burning Tin - investiure reacting to use of investiture
• Shardblades are investiture (spren) becoming a physical matter state
  • Note the condensate when deposition causes the gasous form pulled from the cognitive to turn directly into metal without an intervening liquid form
• Stormlight becomes light while in a gem and freely mimics a gaseous state when not in a physical vessel

WoB:

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Kurkistan

If Investiture can neither be created nor destroyed, and Feruchemy is all fueled by the Feruchemist himself, then how do metalminds end up being invested without Feruchemists seeming to suffer any long-term loss of Investiture? If they're not "creating" the energy that's going into the metalminds, then where's it coming from?

Brandon Sanderson

The cosmere takes physics from our universe, and adds additional layers to it. Where we have energy and matter (simplified), the cosmere has additional building blocks that make reality. Investiture is one of these. It IS possible to change matter, to energy, to investiture, and back.

/r/books AMA 2015 (June 5, 2015)

A science teacher could get a lot of mileage teaching states of matter, conversion (phase transition), physics equations for movement (like this post), etc. just by exploring the facets of the stories.

Hope that helps