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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Andrew Scott is Emeritus Professor of Geology and a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has co-authored and edited several academic books on fire, most recently Fire on Earth: An Introduction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014), with David M. J. S. Bowman, William J. Bond, Stephen J. Pyne, and Martin E. Alexander. He appears regularly on radio and television science programmes.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1: Introducing fire - the shaper of Earth and life 2: Getting dirty - charcoal and what it can tell us 3: Kindling 4: The rise, fall and rise of fire 5: Fire, flowers and dinosaurs 6: Fire and the coming of the modern world 7: Prometheus 8: The future of fire Notes Bibliography Index
Preface 1: Introducing fire - the shaper of Earth and life 2: Getting dirty - charcoal and what it can tell us 3: Kindling 4: The rise, fall and rise of fire 5: Fire, flowers and dinosaurs 6: Fire and the coming of the modern world 7: Prometheus 8: The future of fire Notes Bibliography Index
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