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Burning planet : the story of fire through time / Andrew C. Scott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Andrew C., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fire ecology.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 pages, 21 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), photographs
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Andrew Scott, who played a key role in identifying fossilized charcoal, describes the profound impact of fire through Earth history, from its role in mass extinctions and the spread of flowering plants, to early hominid use of fire, and the role of wildfires on landscapes today.
- Contents:
- Introducing fire
- Getting dirty: what charcoal can tell us
- Kindling
- The rise, fall, and rise of fire
- Fire, flowers, and dinosaurs
- Fire and the coming of the modern world
- Prometheus
- The future of fire.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- ISBN:
- 9780191054068
- 0191054062
- 9780191916847
- 0191916846
- 9780191054051
- 0191054054
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