Fire a very short introduction
Fire is rarely out of the headlines, from the huge wildfires ravaging Australia and California to building fires such as that which destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral. Fire on any scale can pose a serious risk to life and property. Yet fire is a force of nature that has shaped Earth over aeons, while ou...
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Oxford
Oxford university press
2020
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Very short introductions
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Inhaltsangabe:
- The elements of fire
- The deep history of fire
- Fire and humankind
- Containing and suppressing fire
- New technologies and changing fire policies
- Fire and climate change